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ASYNC 2022 Summer School

Welcome to the ASYNC 2022 Summer School! Additional reference material that describes some of the topics presented in more detail are also available.

Week 1 : Behavioral design

Monday, June 6, 9:00AM to 1:00PM Eastern Time

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Time Topic Speaker(s) Video
9:00am Opening remarks Ivan Sutherland mp4
9:10am Introduction to asynchronous design (logistics) Rajit Manohar mp4
9:40am break
9:45am Behavioral design using message-passing (CHP) Rajit Manohar mp4
10:15am break
10:20am CHP examples Rajit Manohar mp4
10:30am Simulating CHP using actsim live examples mp4
10:55am break
11:00am Dataflow asynchronous design and pipeline performance Benjamin Hill mp4
11:45am Simulating dataflow using actsim and dflowmap
12:00pm Links and Joints Part 1: Behavioral Design Marly Roncken, Ebele Esimai, Ivan Sutherland mp4 Q&A mp4
12:55pm Closing remarks Rajit Manohar

Office hours

There will be a Zoom link posted to the summer2022 Mattermost channel, and we will use Mattermost for Q&A + Zoom if you need to share your screen/discuss something in more detail.

Week 2: Gate-level design

Monday, June 13, 9:00AM to 1:00PM Eastern Time

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Time Topic Speaker Video
9:00am Welcome and intro to gates Rajit Manohar mp4
9:15am Links and Joints Part 2: gate level design Marly Roncken, Ebele Esimai, Ivan Sutherland mp4
10:15am break
10:20am Examples: simulating gates sim_gates.tgz Rajit Manohar mp4
10:30am Dataflow: gate level design mousetrap FIFO Montek Singh mp4 examples mp4
11:35am break
11:40am Syntax-directed translation Rajit Manohar mp4
12:10pm Examples mp4
12:25pm break
12:30pm Non-deterministic constructs Rajit Manohar mp4
12:50pm Q&A and final remarks mp4

Office hours

There will be a Zoom link posted to the summer2022 Mattermost channel, and we will use Mattermost for Q&A + Zoom if you need to share your screen/discuss something in more detail.

Week 3: Physical design

Monday, June 20, 9:00AM to 1:00PM Eastern Time

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Time Topic Speaker Video
9:00am Timing constraints Rajit Manohar mp4
9:30am Examples mp4
9:40am break
9:45am Custom circuit design Benjamin Hill mp4
10:45am break
10:50am The ASIC flow: mapping to cells Rajit Manohar mp4
11:10am Example: cell mapping mp4
11:25am break
11:30am Example: layout configuration, cell generation Rajit Manohar mp4
11:55am break
12:00pm Example: place and route flow Rajit Manohar mp4
12:30pm break
12:35pm Next steps all mp4

Office hours