Our ALU Homepage
Your source for knowledge regarding the trials and tribulations of our
ALU implementation.
Table Of Contents
The Group
Introduction
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Classes: ELEC 422
(VLSI Design I) and ELEC 423 (VLSI Design II)
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Semesters: Fall 1996 and Spring 1997
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Instructor: Aria Nosratinia
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Project: 8-bit ALU/Calculator
A big part of real world design involves taking a vague description
of a problem and nailing down the specifics. To that end, we were given
a choice: design an 8-bit ALU/Calculator or a "mini"-CPU. We felt that
the ALU implementation would give us plenty of opportunities to explore
and solve challenging design issues while letting us keep tighter control
over the overall complexity of the project.
Particulars of the specification have been left to our discretion. After
discussing the matter thoroughly, we settled on a
functional description (including a block diagram)
supporting a set of operations that we feel present a variety of design
issues without overstepping the bounds of what we are capable of completing
in a single semester.
The main page for each of the sub-blocks details each group-members
contributions to that sections of the project and the report.
The text and HTML for this page were done by Pritchard.