1. Instructor: Dr. Phillip Jones
CPRE 583 Reconfigurable Computing Lecture 16: Fri 10/20/2010 (Data Parallel Architectures)
Instructor: Dr. Phillip Jones
Reconfigurable Computing Laboratory
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa, USA

2. Announcements/Reminders
Midterm:
Take home portion (40%) given Friday 10/29, due Tue 11/2 (midnight)
In class portion (60%) Wed 11/3
Distance students will have in class portion given via a timed WebCT (2 hour) session (take on Wed, Thur or Friday).
Start thinking of class projects and forming teams
Submit teams and project ideas: Mon 10/11 midnight
Project proposal presentations: Fri 10/22
MP3: PowerPC Coprocessor offload (today):
Problem 2 of HW 2 (released after MP3 gets released)

3. Initial Project Proposal Slides (5-10 slides)
Project team list: Name, Responsibility (who is project leader)
Team size: 3-4 (5 case-by-case)
Project idea
Motivation (why is this interesting, useful)
What will be the end result
High-level picture of final product
High-level Plan
Break project into mile stones
Provide initial schedule: I would initially schedule aggressively to have project complete by Thanksgiving. Issues will pop up to cause the schedule to slip.
System block diagrams
High-level algorithms (if any)
Concerns
Implementation
Conceptual
Research papers related to you project idea

4. Projects Ideas: Relevant conferences
FPL
FPT
FCCM
FPGA
DAC
ICCAD
Reconfig
RTSS
RTAS
ISCA
Micro
Super Computing
HPCA
IPDPS

5. Initial Project Proposal Slides (5-10 slides)
Project team list: Name, Responsibility (who is project leader)
Project idea
Motivation (why is this interesting, useful)
What will be the end result
High-level picture of final product
High-level Plan
Break project into mile stones
Provide initial schedule: I would initially schedule aggressively to have project complete by Thanksgiving. Issues will pop up to cause the schedule to slip.
System block diagrams
High-level algorithms (if any)
Concerns
Implementation
Conceptual
Research papers related to you project idea

6. Weekly Project Updates
The current state of your project write up
Even in the early stages of the project you should be able to write a rough draft of the Introduction and Motivation section
The current state of your Final Presentation
Your Initial Project proposal presentation (Due Fri 10/22). Should make for a starting point for you Final presentation
What things are work & not working
What roadblocks are you running into

7. Projects: Target Timeline
Teams Formed and Idea: Mon 10/11
Project idea in Power Point 3-5 slides
Motivation (why is this interesting, useful)
What will be the end result
High-level picture of final product
Project team list: Name, Responsibility
High-level Plan/Proposal: Fri 10/22
Power Point 5-10 slides
System block diagrams
High-level algorithms (if any)
Concerns
Implementation
Conceptual
Related research papers (if any)

8. Projects: Target Timeline
Work on projects: 10/ /8
Weekly update reports
More information on updates will be given
Presentations: Last Wed/Fri of class
Present / Demo what is done at this point
15-20 minutes (depends on number of projects)
Final write up and Software/Hardware turned in: Day of final (TBD)

9. Project Grading Breakdown
50% Final Project Demo
30% Final Project Report
30% of your project report grade will come from your 5-6 project updates. Friday’s midnight
20% Final Project Presentation

10. Common Questions

11. Common Questions

12. Overview Data Parallel Architectures: MP3 Demo/Overview
Chapters 5.2.4, and chapter 10
MP3 Demo/Overview

13. What you should learn Data Parallel Architecture basics
Flexibility Reconfigurable Hardware Addes

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24. Next Lecture
Project initial presentations.

25. Questions/Comments/Concerns
Write down
Main point of lecture
One thing that’s still not quite clear
If everything is clear, then give an example of how to apply something from lecture OR

26. Lecture Notes