CprE 305 Final Project Description

See also Testing Guideline.

Project Requirements:

• Design an instruction set (done as part of one homework, to be distributed with hw 8).
  Additional requirement: the ISA should use 16-bit instructions and registers.

• Implement this instruction set using a pipelined data path.

• Each module should be separately testable.

• Integrate the modules as one unit and test it.

• Write a small program that can be easily modified to demonstrate proper functionality.

• Write a report that details the following
1. Purpose of the machine
2. Instruction set definition
3. Instruction format
4. Design methodology
5. The Design itself, detailing modules designed
6. Testing methodology
7. Your view of the learning through the project
8. Your view of partnership and how it worked out for you
9. Any suggestions you might have to improve learning in this class
10. Any additional comments

• Demonstrate that the program you wrote actually works on your simulated machine. This is to be done by both partners together in the lab, unless a course conflict exists. You are to demonstrate during one week prior to the dead week in the lab section of the member whose last name is earliest in the alphabet. Your project report is due at the time of demonstration. A no-show that time will result in assumption that your project is not demonstrable.