Resources

• Instructor: Joel Grodstein, joel.grodstein@tufts.edu, https://www.eecs.tufts.edu/~joelg
• Office Hours: Mon, Wed 3:30-4:30 (i.e., an hour before class), or by appointment in Halligan extension room 11. To get there, first go the Windows PC lab (room 122). Keep going to the end of the aisle and then turn left. Go past the vending machines and up the very short flight of stairs to enter the extension. Room 11 is the last room on the right, after you go through the extension's big common room.
• For emergencies or private matters, please e-mail or see me directly.

Calendar, syllabus, misc

• The class calendar is here.
• A syllabus is here.

Assignment logistics

• You can find all of the C++ code for the homeworks in the directory /ee/194VLS/public_html/HW/code
• Turn in your homework via Provide at this link.
• The common-clock app is here
• The delay-calculator app is here

Homeworks

• HW #1 (power and scaling): the homework description is here; there is also an extra-credit problem. Here is the solution to the extra-credit problem.
• HW #2 (static timing): the homework description is here.
• HW #3 (binning): the homework description is here.
• HW #4 (clocking): the homework description is here.
• HW #5 (DVFS): the homework description is here.

Lecture foils

• Introduction.
• Scaling and power.
• Static timing and speed binning.
• Conditional clocking, clock distribution and clock crossing.
• Verification.
• DVFS.
• Dark silicon.
• Biological computing.