CISC Processor Design: Defining microprocessor, hardware flowchart,
implementing from flowchart, exception, control store, microcode design.
RISC Processor Design: Building datapath and controller, single cycle
implementation, multi-cycle implementation, pipelined implementation,
exception and hazards handling.
Superscalar Processors Design: Superscalar organization, superscalar
pipeline overview, VLSI implementation of dynamic pipelines, register
renaming, reservation station, re-ordering buffers, branch predictor, and
dynamic instruction scheduler etc.; simultaneous multi-threading (SMT)
design.
Memory System Design. Application-specific instruction set processor
(ASIP) design. Dynamic reconfigurable processors (DRP).
Impact of physical technology, trends in power consumption, low power
techniques, low voltage techniques, clock distribution. Verification and
test challenges.
