MIT OpenCourseWare
Complex Digital Systems
Art: Palmer, Edward, 1803-1872, Figures 113-123. Plate Electrical Machines, 1840 · Public domain
- Instructors
- Chris Terman, Prof. Krste Asanovic, Prof. Arvind
- Term
- Spring 2005
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 28 other files · 7 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 6.884 Complex Digital Systems, Spring 2005, Chris Terman, Prof. Krste Asanovic, Prof. Arvind — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
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How this course was organized
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Materials by section
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Lecture Notes
18 files
- Introduction Download
- Digital Design Using Verilog Download
- CMOS Technology and Logic Gates Download
- Verilog Simulation I Download
- Wires Download
- Synthesis Download
- Verilog Simulation II Download
- Clocking Download
- Bluespec I: Motivation Download
- Bluespec II: Designing with Rules Download
- Bluespec III: Modules and Interfaces Download
- Bluespec IV: Rule Scheduling and Synthesis Download
- Bluespec Download
- Power Download
- Bluespec V: Processors Download
- Bluespec VI: Modularity and Performance Download
- Transaction Level Design and Verification Download
- Testing Download
Labs
- RTL Model of a Two-Stage MIPS Processor Download
- ASIC Implementation of a Two-Stage MIPS Processor Download
- Bluespec Model of a Network Linecard Download
Exams
- This file contains lecture on bluespec I: motivation with the help of slides (l07_bs1_motiv.pdf) Download
- Quiz without Solutions Download
- Quiz with Solutions Download
- Quiz Study Guide Download
- This file contains list of topics to be covered in friday's quiz (quizstudy_guide.pdf) Download
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