Design of logic machines, finite state machines, gate array designs, ALU and 4 bit CPU unit designs, microprogrammed systems. Hardware design of advanced digital circuits using XILINX. Application of probability and statistics for hardware performance and upgrading hardware systems. Laboratories incorporate specification, top down design, modeling, implementation and testing of actual advanced digital design systems hardware. Laboratories also include simulation of circuits using VHDL before actual hardware implementation and PLDs programming.
