Design and Characterization of a CMOS 8-bit Microprocessor Data Path
Instructor: Professor Shannon Nicley
TA Staff: Toshi Vijaywargia, Haojun Wang
Problem Statement
Students in ECE 410 were challenged to design the schematic and physical layout of an 8-bit microprocessor data path, including an Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), a barrel shifter, and a register file, using CMOS circuitry and Cadence VLSI design tools. The resulting microprocessor datapath projects will be judged on their ability to satisfy several competing goals, including speed, minimization of area, number of operations and difficulty of the operation set.
Intel Outstanding Project Award
The Intel Outstanding Project Award ($600) will be awarded to the team that produces the best overall project, as judged by a panel of experts from industry and academia. The faculty and students of Electrical and Computer Engineering are very grateful to Intel for the generous sponsorship of this award.
Competition Schedule
Team 1
Arpitha Gowda
Pratik Joshi
Adithya Rao
Team 2
Hyunmin Choi
Connor Schanenburger
Nicklaus Fites
Team 3
Mason Rice
Nick DeLisle
Brooke Osterkamp
Team 4
Joseph Divito
Michael Mackay
Rebecca Wang
Team 5
Dylan Chaben
Matt Maser
Evan Miller
Team 6
Timothy Cholewa
Samuel Lefurgey
Nick Zurlo
Team 7
Daniel Hawkins
Bruno Hinojosa
Alyssa Hook
Team 8
Ethan Hopp
Anchen Xue
Bohan Zhou
Team 9
Joshua Jennings
Sydney Johnson
Alihel Sanchez
Elioenai Vasquez
Team 10
John Murdoch
Elijah Savoie
Jack Vezmar
Team 11
Umar Hassan
Sam Polus
Heyi Qu
Gungeet Singh
Team 12
Ayesha Khan
Nilay Patel
Ghazi Rizvi
Team 13
Josiah Bostic
Sepehr Rahgozar
Adam Slavin
Team 14
Daniel Karczmarczyk
Michael Scepka
Josh Springsteen
Team 15
Ryan Daniel
Conner Graham
Jack Wegh
Team 16
Timothy Boyd
Hunter Gendregske
Brandon Kushion
Team 17
Spencer Barrer
Ryan Doyle
Alex Jones
Team 18
Ethan Galdikas
Shashank Gowda
Spenser Lafferty
Team 19
Kent Bazman
Dominick Campbell
Ryan Zboril