EE577B-MidtermI-Guidelines-Nazarian-Fall12

EE577BMidtermIguidelinesInthelastfewweekswehavetriedtohelpyoubecomefamiliarwithlogicdesign,verificationandsynthesisusingtheVerilogHDLwhiledesigningsomesimplecomponentsdefinedinLabs1to3.MidtermIwilltestyouonthoseskills.YoumayseealsosometheoreticalquestionsrelatedtoFIFO,MemorycellsandDRAMmemoryarchitecture.1)YourfirstexamwillbeonMonday,October15withatimelimitof75minutes.ExamStartTimeLocation12:00pmGFS10623:30pmWPHB273ArrangedbyDENofficeExamWhoshouldtaketheexam?1Studentsregisteredforthe2:00-3:20pmsection2Studentsregisteredfor3:30-4:50pmsection3Remotestudentsonly2)Tomaketheexamsfair,nooneinexam1canleavethesessionbefore3:30pmevenifhe/sheisdoneearly.3)Theexamisintwoparts,oneconsistingofsimpletheory(mainlyshortanswer,qualitative)questionsrelatedtomemorycellsandarchitecture,ASICflow,andbasicdesign,verificationandsynthesisconcepts.Themaximumweightofthefirstpartis40%.Thesecondpartconsistsofdesign,verificationandsynthesisproblemsusingVerilog.Theweightofthispartisatleast60%.Forthispart,onedouble-sidedA4pageofnotes(Verilogsyntax,etc.;typed/handwritten)isallowed.4)MidtermIcoversUnits1to7andthefirst85pagesofunit8.Themainfocusisonunits2to6forVerilogquestions(partIIoftheexam)relatedtoFIFO,FSM,andwhatyoudidinlabs.Themainfocusfortheoryquestions(partIoftheexam)isonunits6to8,howeverbasicdesignconceptsdiscussedinolderunitsmightbeincluded.5)Lab1-3problems,slideexamples,andthesampleMidtermIshouldbeconsideredasthesamplequestions.However,duetotheexamtimelimit,theMidtermIdesignswillberelativelysmallandsimple.6)Examroomrules(failinganyofthefollowingrules,orviolatinganyacademicintegritypoliciesofUSCmayadverselyaffectyour577Bgradeand/orUSCstanding.)a.Itisaclosedbookexam.Nonotesorwhitepapersareallowed.Yourexamhasenoughpaperstowriteyouranswersanddoscratchwork.Papersshouldnotbeunstapled.YouwillbeallowedtouseyourA4pageofnotesforthesecondpartoftheexam.b.NoCalculatorsareallowed.Nocellphonesareallowed.c.Beforetheexamstarts,keepthedistributedexampapersfacedownandwaitforourcalltostartyourexam.d.Pleasebethereintheexamroomafewminutesearlytofindaseat.Pleasechooseyourseatsuchthattheoccupiedseatsformcolumnsofstudentsandeveryothercolumnisempty.e.Whentheexamtimeisup,stopwritingimmediately,raiseyourpapersandpassthemtothestudentnexttoyouandtowardstheaisles.f.AnyacademicintegrityviolationinexamwillresultinaminimumpenaltyofFinthecourseandwouldbereportedtoSJACSofficeforpossiblymorepenalties.7)Youmayuseapencilorpen.8)YouneedtobringyourstudentID.9)Pleaseusethe“MidtermI-related”topostyourquestionsregardingtheexam.10)Ifnecessary,[e-mail],youmayalsocallmeonmycellphone(6262007893)anytimeifneeded;leaveavoicemailifIamnotavailableandI’llcallyoubackassoonasIcan.GoodLuck,Shahin