====== Course Outline ======

The course outline is a guideline to topics that will be discussed in the course, and when they will be discussed:

===== Week 1 (Jan 5 - 9) =====

Chapter 1: Introduction to DSP and VSLI

===== Week 2 (Jan 12 - 16) =====

Chapter 2: Binary Arithmetic

===== Weeks 3 - 4 (Jan 19 - 30) =====

Quiz 1 on Jan 26 for Chapter 2 (1:00-1:15pm)

Chapter 3: Arithmetic Circuits

Chapter 4: Digital Filter

Project Task 1 starts on Jan. 27 (due on Feb. 11)

===== Weeks 5 - 6  (Feb 2 - 6) =====

Chapter 5: Iteration Bound 

===== Week 6 (Feb 9 -13) =====

Chapter 6: Pipelining and parallel processing

Quiz 2 on Feb. 11 for Chapter 4 (1:00-1:15pm)

Project Task 2 starts on Feb. 10 (due on Mar 4).

===== Reading Week 7 (Feb 14-20) =====

===== Week 8 Midterm (Feb 23-27) =====

No class on Feb 23

Midterm on Feb 25, from 1:00-2:15pm, at SC 219


===== Week 9  (Mar 2) =====

Chapter 6: Pipelining and parallel processing

===== Weeks 9 - 10 (Mar 3 - 10) =====

No activities

===== Weeks 10 - 11 (Mar 11 - 20) =====

Chapter 7: Retiming

===== Weeks 12 - 14 (Mar 23 - Apr 9) =====

Quiz 3 for Chapter 5 on Mar 25 (1:00-1:15pm)

Quiz 4 for Chapter 6 on Apr 1 (1:00-1:15pm)

Project Tasks 2-3 starts on Mar 24 (Task 2 report due on Apr 10, Task 3 report due on April 17)


Chapter 8: Folding

===== Final Exam =====
Final Exam: April 19 at 10am

Venue: ACE 010