Quizzes
Quizzes Overview
The quizzes are administered in-person during the scheduled Thursday lecture times (5-8 minutes of "buffer" time will be provided at the end to ease the time burden, depending on whether or not there is a class right afterward in the lecture hall). These are closed-book and closed-note, though scientific calculators may be allowed depending on the quiz contents (we will try to keep any necessary computations small).
Quiz 1: Thursday, April 9, 2026 (25 min at end of Lecture 4)
Quiz 2: Thursday, April 23, 2026 (30 min at end of Lecture 8)
Quiz 3: Thursday, May 7, 2026 (30 min at end of Lecture 12)
Quiz 4: Thursday, May 21, 2026 (40 min at end of Lecture 16)
Quiz 5: Thursday, May 28, 2026 (50 min at end of Lecture 18)
Quiz 1 Details
25 minutes at the end of Lecture 4.
Topics: FSM Design (pre-reqs, Lecture 2)
Quiz 1 Database
Quiz 2 Details
30 minutes at the end of Lecture 8.
Topics: Memory – ROM, RAM, register files (Lectures 3-4)
Quiz 2 Database
Quiz 3 Details
30 minutes at the end of Lecture 12.
Topics: ASM and ASMD charts (Lectures 5-7)
Quiz 3 Database
Quiz 4 Details
40 minutes at the end of Lecture 16.
Topics: Algorithms to Datapath (Lectures 8-10)
Quiz 4 Database
Quiz 5 Details
50 minutes at the end of Lecture 18.
Topics: Static Timing Analysis, Pipelining, Clock Domain
Crossing (Lectures 11-13)