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ECE-4514: Digital Design II

Description: Advanced digital design techniques for developing complex digital circuits. Emphasis on system-level concepts and high-level design representations while meeting design constraints such as performance, power, and area. Methods presented that are appropriate for use with automated synthesis systems. Commercial hardware description language simulation and synthesis tools used for designing a series of increasingly complex digital systems, and implementing those systems using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs).

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 4 credits

Prerequisites: ECE-3544

Required By: ECE-5514

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.38 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 48.83%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 5.63%

Jason S Thweatt202446.8%27.1%8.9%1.5%6.2%9.5%3.183
Patrick R Schaumont201960.5%28.9%5.3%0.0%0.0%5.3%3.571
Cameron D Patterson202354.9%33.3%3.9%5.9%2.0%0.0%3.321
Dong S Ha202091.7%0.0%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.831

Grade Distribution Over Time

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Spring 2019Spring 2020Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Term050% W