FALL 2018
ESE 356: Digital System Specification and Modeling

Instructor: Prof. Sangjin Hong
Office: 201 Light Engineering Building
Office Hours: TuTh 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
E-mail: sangjin.hong@stonybrook.edu

Lecture Time and Place

TuTh 4:00p.m. - 5:20p.m. in Room 313 Frey Hall

Prerequisite

ESE 380 and ESE 224 or equivalent. Students are expected to know the logic design, digital circuits, and programming in C or C++. Some background in computer architecture is helpful but not required.

Textbook

System Design with SystemC by Grotket et al, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
SystemC: Methodologies and Applications by W. Muller et al, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.

Course Goals

A comprehensive introduction to the field of system level design. This course introduces basic concepts of complex hybrid (software/hardware) system modeling and simulation methodologies. Topics include top-down and bottom-up design methodology, system complexity refinement, SystemC specification language syntax and semantics, behavioral and system-level modeling, channel and interface modeling and implementation, and IP core development. Included are three projects on modeling and simulation.

Project

This is a project-oriented course in which you will design three modest-sized systems. No specific lab times are scheduled, and you can work at your convenience.

Course Contents

Week 1: Course Overview, SystemC Basics
Week 2: SystemC Data Types, Modules and Signals
Week 3: Testbenches and Main Program Construction
Week 4: Functional Modeling, Speed Controller Example
Week 5: Modules Parameterization
Week 6: Threads and Events, Watch-Dogs Construction
Week 7: Channel and Interface
Week 8: Channel Implementation
Week 9: Primitive Channel Examples
Week 10: Hierarchical Channel Examples
Week 11: Transaction Level Modeling
Week 12: Refinements
Week 13: Simple Bus Example
Week 14: Advanced Topics

Grading

Blackboard

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