Paper Info
Title
MIPSfpga: Hands-on learning on a commercial soft-core
Abstract
In this paper, we introduce a course centered around MIPSfpga, an unobfuscated commercial MIPS soft-core processor made available by Imagination Technologies for academic purposes. The course focuses on hands-on learning that emphasizes System on Chip (SoC) design and hardware-software codesign. Students first study MIPS computer architecture and microarchitecture and then learn and experiment with the MIPSfpga system. A set of labs guides the students in setting up the MIPS soft-core processor on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and running and debugging programs on the core in simulation and in hardware. Students then modify the MIPSfpga system to interact with various peripheral devices and complete a self-directed final project.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1109/EWME.2016.7496470
2016 11th European Workshop on Microelectronics Education (EWME)
Keywords
Field
DocType
MIPS,computer architecture,hardware-software codesign,FPGA,soft-core,processor,memory-mapped I/O,System-on-Chip,SoC
Computer architecture,System on a chip,Computer science,Field-programmable gate array,Gate array,Software,Memory-mapped I/O,Embedded system,Microarchitecture,Experiential education,Debugging
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sarah Harris101.69
Robert Owen200.68
Enrique Sedano300.34
Daniel A. Chaver Martinez400.68