System on Chip Architecture: Embedded System-on-Chip Architectures – Elements of SoC Solutions – Defining Requirements and Specifications – Cycle Time: Definition, Optimum Pipeline – Power/Performance/Area Trade-offs – Reliability – Building an Interconnect Protocol – Interconnecting Multiple Requestors and Completers – Jacinto 7 processors: Overview of SoC subsystems and features – heterogeneous processing cores – application-specific hardware accelerators – device management, memory and data movement – virtualization, security, and power; Comparison of different SoCs

Textbook(s)

• [1] Beuchat R D, Depraz F, Kashani S, and Guerrieri A, Fundamentals of System-on-Chip Design on Arm Cortex-M Microcontrollers. S.l.: Arm Education Media, 2021.

Course Objectives

• To understand the role of SoCs in modern electronic systems
• To understand the process of choosing a specific SoC

Course Outcomes

• CO1: Able to understand different SoC architectures
• CO2: Able to understand the different functions provided by a SoC

CO-PO Mapping

** Can be quizzes / Assignments