Instructor: Prof. Shannon Nicley
TA Staff: Abdelrahman Abdelkader, Roshan Varadharajan, Kihong Kim
Design and Characterization
of a CMOS 8-bit Microprocessor Data Path
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 Virtuoso 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. The Outstanding Project Award will be awarded to the team that produces the best overall project, as judged by a panel of experts from industry and academia. The top five projects will be recognized and their posters will hang in the hallways of the Engineering Building for the next year in acknowledgement of their excellence.
Team 1
Safwat Ahnaf Aziz
Ahmed Azwad Kabir
Anwarul Amin Omio
Team 2
Gavin Boomsma
Jon Toomey
Lucas Wolstencroft
Team 3
Thu Doan
Brandon Grochowski
Maxwell Scott
Team 4
Balaji Ganeshbabu
Martin Goleski
Mohsen Mohamed Anas
Team 5
Shivanshu Ojha
Rose Spangler
Avery Wiklund
Team 6
Owen Gray
Junwen Xiao
John Zhou
Team 7
Tushig Bolorchuluun
Sai Narayanan
Pratijit Podder
Team 8
Chidera Ikpeama
Mario Ivanovic
Pranav Tiwari
Team 9
Jori Larner
Marcus Pytel
Maximillian Pytel
Team 10
Poulomi Dey
Jackie Dinh
Matthew Hull
Team 11
Gabriel Humbert
Jack Perry
Jason Polakowski
Team 12
Monawar Mesbah
Nick Pecktol
Brandon Trela
Team 13
Aaron Cordts
Corbyn Guthrie-Nelkie
Katy Samoy
Team 14
Brandon Bruce
Ipek Kuzkaya
Dylan Lindstrom
Team 15
Muhammad Hazim Faisal
Gavin Murray
Anirudh Srigiriraju
Samuel Webber
Team 16
Grant Bell
Ayman Berdai
Owen Wurzer
Ben Zuzga
Noah DeBack, Alex Bejin, and Ben Schuchardt