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ECE 720Special Topics in Computers and Digital Systems Software

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Electrical and Computer Engineering

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 4 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

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Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

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Leads to

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Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00176720 / 10TW 11:30–12:50
Jan 20 08:30–09:50
Feb 10 08:30–09:50
Mar 10 08:30–09:50
Mar 31 08:30–09:50
LEC 00283370 / 57M 13:00–15:50

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  • I took this course with Prof. Kapre for the Computer Arithmetic topic (co-taught with ECE 493). Overall, the lecture content was excellent and not too difficult to follow along with if you are paying attention. The lectures first reviewed basics of arithmetic logic (ECE 124 & ECE 222) and then went in-depth on implementation techniques that were used historically and in modern machines. Everything from adders and multipliers to accumulators, polynomial approximations, and CORDIC. Part of the focus was hardware aimed at ML (smaller formats such as FP6, FP4, etc.) and we had a few literature review sessions and several excellent guest lectures.
    This is a lab-heavy course. The labs implement…

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In 42 terms, Fall 2006 to Winter 2024