SYLLABUS
ECE795 Special Topic: Computer Arithmetic
Spring 2012

Instructor: Dr. Y. Jiang

SEB 4218

895-2533

yingtao.jiang@unlv.edu

Office Hours:

Mondays and Wednesdays 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

or by appointment

Lecture Times & Location: Fridays 1:00pm – 3:30pm @ SEB 4259

SEMESTER GRADES WILL BE COMPUTED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING DISTRIBUTION:

Exam 100 points

Project and presentation 200 points

Literature study 100 points

Total 400 points

Textbook

[1] Behrooz Parhami, Computer Arithmetic: Algorithms and Hardware Designs, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2010.

[2] course handouts.

[3] set of papers to read.

Topics

1. Numbers: Binary numbers, negative numbers, redundant numbers, residual numbers

2. Addition/Subtraction

3. Multiplication/Division

4. Floating point operations

5. Functions: (sqrt), log, exp, CORDIC

6. Optimization, analysis, fault tolerance

7. Additional topics: power reduction, interconnect, VLSI circuits, and FPGAs