Course unit, curriculum year 2023–2024
COMP.CE.400
System Design, 5 cr
Tampere University
- Description
- Completion options
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
Active in period 2 (23.10.2023–31.12.2023)
Active in period 3 (1.1.2024–3.3.2024)
Course code
COMP.CE.400Language of instruction
EnglishAcademic years
2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024Level of study
Advanced studiesGrading scale
General scale, 0-5Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Timo HämäläinenResponsible teacher:
Esko PekkarinenResponsible teacher:
Panu SjövallResponsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Computing Sciences Studies 100 %
Core content
- Introduction to embedded, multi-processor system-on-chip (SoC) technologies.
- Importance of design reuse and application portability between HW and SW implementations.
- Principles of model based design with abstraction and orthogonalization of concerns.
- Layered system model and interfaces.
- Related HW and SW standards and best practises.
- Hands-on exercise work implementing a parallel, real-time application on heterogeneous HW/SW platform
Complementary knowledge
- International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS)
- Modularization of HW and SW components.
- Y-model based design process. Specification, synthesis, verification.
- Hardware dependent software, APIs, RTOS
- IP-XACT, OCP-IP, MCAPI, POSIX, SystemC
- Performance estimation, measurement, analysis and optimization.
Specialist knowledge
- Complexity of HW and SW and their trends
- XML-based metadata for HW/SW component integration.
- Design automation and tools. Management of configurations.
- Driver implementation.
- Embedded Linux
- Development tools chosen for the course implementation.
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Further information
Learning material
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
To pass the course a minimum number of points must be earned from the exercise tasks. Voluntary exam increases the garde.
Completion of all options is required.
Exam
28.08.2023 – 11.12.2023
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
Active in period 2 (23.10.2023–31.12.2023)
16.10.2023 – 22.10.2023
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
12.12.2023 – 07.01.2024
Active in period 2 (23.10.2023–31.12.2023)
Active in period 3 (1.1.2024–3.3.2024)
Participation in teaching
28.08.2023 – 11.12.2023
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
Active in period 2 (23.10.2023–31.12.2023)