UCERD Rawalpindi
Supercomputing Center
UCERD Murree
 
Session 7. Advancements in Chip Design:
A Journey at Usman Institute of Technology, Pakistan (
Dr. Ali Ahmad)




Session  8. Processor based System Testing, Verification, and Validation Landscape
    • Future of chip testing and validation
    • Different verification and testing Approaches
    • Open-source tools for functional testing
Session 1. FOSS and Open Source Processor: Revolutionizing the World (Dr. Tassadaq Hussain)
    • Identify the Challenges of Microelectronics and its Applications
    • How Open Source Platforms are Shaping the Future
    • Exploring the Evolution of Processor-Based Systems from the Past to the Present and beound
Session  2. Exploring the RISC-V Processor Architecture (Engr. Naureen Shoukat
    • Computer Abstraction and Technological Fundamentals
    • In-Depth Analysis of Processor Design: Datapath and Control Unit
    • Efficiency through Pipelined Datapath and Control Unit
    • Optimizing Performance with a Robust Memory Hierarchy
    • Practical Insights: Hands-on Experience with Modelsim
Labs Code and Presentations

  Session 3. RISC-V Processor Based Chip Design (Mr. Jafar Safdar)
    • Semiconductor & Chip Design Industry
    • RISC-V and Chip Design Flow
    • Open-source Tool Ecosystem Overview
    • AQL Tech Solutions Processor IP Company
    • RISC-V and Chip Design Opportunities
Session 4. RISC-V Processor Based Chip Design (Dr. Wladek Grabinski)
    • Semiconductor & Chip Design Industry
    • RISC-V and Chip Design Flow
    • Open-source Tool Ecosystem Overview
    • AQL Tech Solutions Processor IP Company
    • RISC-V and Chip Design Opportunities
Session  5 Empowering Innovation and Indigenous Design: (Mian Ghulam Muhayuddin )
The Role of Chip Design in Pakistan's 300 Million Dollars Fan Industry.
Improving industry-academia linkage by identifying a local indigenous chip design market and fostering economic growth
Day 2:


Session 6. Exploring RISC-V-Based System Architectures
    • A Primer on System on Chip Computer Architecture
    • The Essentials of Hardware and Software Co-Design
    • Bus Systems and Memory Mapping in RISC-V SoCs
    • Open Source Hardware/Software Solutions for SoC Design
Session  9. Commercialization and Indigenous Development of Processor-Based Chips
    • Understanding Fabrication Processes
    • Utilizing Open Source Tools in Chip Development
    • Leveraging Open Source Process Development Kit (PDK)
    • landscape of open-source chip development
Labs and Presentation Slides:
https://github.com/ucerd/Summer-School-2023_2
The RISC-V Instruction Set Manual: Volume I: User-Level ISA (Download Link)

Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (Download Link)


Modern Computer Architecture and Organization: Learn x86, ARM, and RISC-V architectures and the design of smartphones, PCs, and cloud servers (Download Link)


Guide to Computer Processor Architecture. A RISC-V Approach, with High-Level Synthesis (Download Link)


Hands-On Multi-Cloud Kubernetes: Multi-cluster Kubernetes deployment and scaling with FluxCD, Virtual Kubelet (Download Link)


RISC-V Assembly Language Programming. Using ESP32-C3 and QEMU (Download Link)

Digital Design and Computer Architecture: RISC-V Edition (Download Link)

Day2
Day1
This workshop will cover:
The processor-based chip design industry holds a global worth of approximately $500 billion dollars. Keeping in view the importance of processor-based chip design, this summer school provides both knowledge and hands-on experience regarding tools, techniques, and technologies for the development of secure processor-based chip design. By utilizing the   RISC-V ISA and open-source chip design development stack, the program will encompass the entire cycle of indigenous processor-based system design. It aims to facilitate indigenous chip development for national security, sustainable industrial growth, and economic advancement.

Full Stack Open-Source Ecosystem for
Secure Processor Based Chip Design


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