Course Outline

 Lecture Notes

 Labs-Projects

 Support Material

 Problem Sets

 Sample-Mid-term Exam

 Sample-Final Exam

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  All notices/announcement will be posted at D2L also.
   Check COE838/EE8221 D2L page often to be sure that you don't miss anything.
  D2L is being used for labs, midterm, project and final exam submission & posting marks.
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  Summary of COE838-EE8221 Course Management

 14. (a)  SoC Verification  (b)  UVM (Universal Verification Methodology) Basics
         down load the whitepaper Trends in Functional Verification: An Industry Study 

 13. Bus and NoC Interconnect Models  lecture notes posted.
 12. SoC CPUs and Processor Selection   lecture notes posted.

 11.  On-Chip Bus-Interconnection Structures   lecture notes posted.
 10. Introduction to Bus-Interconnection  lecture notes posted.

  9. Network-on-Chip Router Micro-architecture Part-2    lecture notes posted.
  8. Network-on-Chip Interconnection Structures Part-1  lecture notes posted.

  7.  SystemC Setup Guide on Windows-10 System with Cygwin64, SystemC 2.3.3.
       All the required  files for SystemC setup and SystemC Labs are available at D2L

   6.  SoC-Platforms and DE1-SoC Design Methods for SoC Project and Labs   lecture notes posted.
   5.  Basics of SOC and IC    lecture notes posted.
   4.  SystemC based JPEG Implementation  lecture notes posted.
   3.  Accelerator-based SoCs    lecture notes posted.
   2.  SoC Codesign, CoSpecs and SystemC Overview lecture notes posted. 
   1.  Introduction to System-on-Chip   lecture notes posted.

      DE1-SoC and Android Configuration   details.
       All the Lab Manuals and Project Details  are posted.

     SystemC on-line Training and Tutorial URL
      SystemC Quick Reference Card  posted.

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 Instructor: 
  Dr. Gul N. Khan, E-mail: gnkhan@torontomu.ca 
  Office Hours for Consultation:  Friday 11:00AM - 12:05PM (by Appointment Only)
  Phone: (416) 979-5000 ext. 556084   URL: http://www.ecb.torontomu.ca/~gnkhan 

                                                                                                                           
  LABS/PROJECT Venue: ENG412

  Tentative Course Evaluation and Marking Scheme

• Labs/Project: 35%
  
• Midterm Exam:  25%
  
• Final Exam:  40%

 Final Exam will be scheduled in April 2026.
 The Final exam is closed book & notes, and it is 120 minutes duration.
 The exam will cover all the Lecture materials.
 However, there will be more emphasis and questions on the topics covered after the midterm.
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  Midterm Exam will be scheduled in  Feb. 2026 during the Lecture time in LIB072.
  The Midterm exam is closed book & notes, and it is for 70-80 minutes duration starting at 8:15AM.
  The exam will cover Lectures 1, 2, 3, 4 and part of Lecture 5 (slides 1-35 ) on Basics of SoC and IC.
  SystemC Quick Reference Card is allowed in the exam. Bring your own hard copy in the midterm. 

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