SOC SFTWR SYNTHESIS
EECS 222C, Course Code: 18416
Quarter: Spring Quarter 2013

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Detailed Class Schedule

(last update: June 7, 2013)

Week Date Topic Reading
1 Friday, Apr 5
Lecture 1,  Course overview, setup
  Modeling, project, case study example
 Provided source code
2 Friday, Apr 12
Lecture 2:  Introduction
Lecture 2b: Embedded systems, embedded software
 Marwedel: "Embedded System Design",
Chapter 1 (Video)
3 Friday, Apr 19
Lecture 3:  SoC specification and modeling,
  SpecC language and tools
 Gerstlauer, Doemer, Peng, Gajski:
"System Design: A Practical Guide with SpecC",
Chapter 1
4 Friday, Apr 26
Lecture 4,  Embedded software, execution time
Lecture 4b: Worst case execution time (WCET)
Lecture 4c: Scheduling algorithms, terms
 Marwedel: "Embedded System Design",
Chapters 5.2 and 6.1
5 Friday, May 3
Lecture 5:  Embedded system design flow,
  System-on-Chip Environment (SCE)
 Gerstlauer, Doemer, Peng, Gajski:
"System Design: A Practical Guide with SpecC",
Chapter 2,
SCE manual, SCE tutorial
6 Friday, May 10
Lecture 6,  MP3 decoder project discussion,
Lecture 6b: Real-time scheduling, aperiodic tasks
Lecture 6c: HLS scheduling
 Marwedel: "Embedded System Design",
Chapter 6.2
7 Friday, May 17
Lecture 7,  Project discussion, model refinement
Lecture 7b: Case study: MP3 decoder design (ASPDAC'07)
 CECS TR 07-05
8 Friday, May 24
Lecture 8,  Processor modeling, code generation,
Lecture 8b: instruction set simulation
 CECS TR 06-06
9 Friday, May 31
Lecture 9,  Project discussion,
Lecture 9b: periodic scheduling, RMS, EDF,
Lecture 9c: priority inversion, Mars Pathfinder
 Marwedel: "Embedded System Design",
Chapter 6 and 4
10 Friday, Jun 7
Lecture 10: Project discussion, final report,
Lecture 10b: Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
 Marwedel: "Embedded System Design",
Chapter 4
The Electronic Educational Environment
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