Accelerating Systems with Programmable Logic Components

Education facts

Code: 1DT109

On completion of the course, you should be able to: * define complex digital circuits using hardware description languages such as VHDL or Verilog * test, debug, and verify digital designs using test benches and simulation tools * integrate custom programmable logic components with processor-based systems * analyse power and performance of accelerating key system components * demonstrate how a processor interacts with an accelerator through software Content: * Syntax and semantics of hardware description languages, and their use to define digital systems. * Design and implementation of test benches and the use of simulation-based and on-chip debugging facilities for verifying system designs. * Parallelisation of key algorithms for higher throughput and lower latency. * Integration of hardware accelerators at the system- and software levels. * Overview of different design styles and abstraction methods. * An extensive project in simulation and synthesis, designing a realistic accelerator for a system-on-chip processor system.

Entry requirements

120 credits including Computer Architecture, a basic course in digital circuits (especially state machines) and a basic course in programming. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Accelerating Systems with Programmable Logic Components

  Uppsala University

  Uppsala

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 33 %