CPE 432: Computer Design Research Project

General Marks: 10% Timing: Project Proposal Deadline: Thu 20 Nov 2014 Project Report Deadline: Thu 18 Dec 2014

Research Project Objectives Understand the technological improvements and the effect of these improvements on emerging computers, communication means, and personal mobile devices. Use available knowledge sources to research a contemporary issue in computer design.

Procedure Find a topic related to a contemporary issue in computer design Prepare a proposal Research your topic Prepare a report

Knowledge Sources Magazines: IEEE and IEEE Computer Society Technology news: CNN The internet, Google Encyclopedias: Wikipedia Scholarly literature search engines: Google Scholar Online courses: Coursera

Suggested Topics New processor, PMD, or computer Multi-core trend Low-power designs Cache design for multi-core processors High-performance memory and storage Reliable memory and storage

Research Proposal One to two-page proposal (not graded) Structure Title Student name Motivation Topic References

Research Report Three to six-page report Use IEEE A4 conference template at http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html Structure Title and student name Abstract Introduction Summary of what is new Details sections Conclusions References