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Course Catalog 2012-2013

TKT-3517 DSP Implementations, 5 cr

Additional information

Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

David Guevorkian, Vladimir Guzma, Olli Vainio, Jarmo Takala

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Excercises
Assignment
 2 h/week
 2 h/week

+2 h/week
+2 h/week
 30 h/per



 



 



 
TKT-3517 2012-01 Monday 10 - 12, TB222
Wednesday 8 - 10, TB214

Requirements

Written exam and completed compulsory assignment.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning outcomes

Student can classify the special features of DSP processors and develop applications with fractional representation. Students can describe a DSP application with data flow graphs and analyze the inherent parallelism of the application.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. number representations in fixed-point and floating-point processors  finite word length effects, overflow management   
2. DSP processor architectures  CISC, VLIW, SIMD   
3. memory architectures, Harvard architecture  parallel memories   
4. data-flow graph representation, loop and iteration bounds  folding of multirate systems  solving inequalities 
5. pipelining, parallel processing, and combined parallel pipelined processing  low-power optimizations   
6. critical path, folding, unfolding, retiming  distributed arithmetic   
7. general-purpose graphics processing units  OpenCL   

Evaluation criteria for the course

Written exam 70%, compulsory assignments 30%

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   VLSI Digital Signal Processing Systems: Design and Implementation   K. K. Parhi   0-471-24186-5          English  
Lecture slides   Lecture Slides   Jarmo Takala & David Guevorkian            English  
Lecture slides                English  

Additional information about prerequisites
Basic knowledge on signal processing algorithms is recommended.

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
TKT-3517 DSP Implementations, 5 cr TKT-3516 Signal Processors, 5 cr  
TKT-3517 DSP Implementations, 5 cr TIE-50406 DSP Implementations, 5 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
TKT-3517 2012-01        

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