ARM-Based Digital Design and Computer Architecture Curriculum
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
5-12-2020
Publication Title
17th International Conference on Information Technology–New Generations (ITNG 2020)
Publisher
Springer
Publisher Location
Las Vegas, NV
First page number:
363
Last page number:
369
Abstract
Many electrical and computer engineering and computer science students take an introductory digital design course followed by a computer architecture course. This paper describes a curriculum to support these courses that culminates in designing a simplified ARM® microprocessor on an FPGA. We also wrote a supporting textbook to help other instructors interested in teaching such a course. The textbook includes supplementary hands-on labs and exercises. Our experience is that enabling students to understand a microprocessor from the underlying gates and microarchitecture all the way up to the assembly and programming levels empowers them to fully understand both computer architecture as well as the design of complex digital systems.
Keywords
Engineering education; Digital design; ARM processor; Microprocessor; FPGA; Computer architecture
Disciplines
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Language
English
Repository Citation
Harris, S. L.,
Harris, D. M.
(2020).
ARM-Based Digital Design and Computer Architecture Curriculum.
17th International Conference on Information Technology–New Generations (ITNG 2020)
363-369.
Las Vegas, NV: Springer.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43020-7_48