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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 1 Rules of the Game Presenter is truly god-like in his infinite wisdom. What he says is the way it is! Each team will have a chance to answer in turn. If no one from team can answer, opposing team will have a chance to answer. Bonus questions (yellow or red) go to first hand up. Normal questions are worth +/- 1 point. Correct answer adds 1 to team tally. Incorrect answer deducts 1 from team tally. Yellow questions are worth +2/-1 point. Red questions are worth +3/-0 point.
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 2 Architecture A CPLD is simply described as a chip with interconnected multiple PAL devices. (True/False)
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 3 Architecture A CPLD is simply described as a chip with interconnected multiple PAL devices. True
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 4 Misc What is Spock's father's name?
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 5 Misc What is Spock's father's name? Sarek
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 6 Optimized Pin-Locking Y Z How many product terms is the Y output using?
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 7 Optimized Pin-Locking Z 2 How many product terms is the Y output using? Answer: 2 Y
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 8 Architecture 2 Points List three applications well suited to Xilinx CPLDs.
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 9 Architecture 2 points List three applications well suited to Xilinx CPLDs. –Wide functions (high fan-in) –Fast arithmetic –Complex counters –Complex state machines –PAL/GAL or TTL integration –Non-volatile
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 10 Optimized Pin-Locking Y Z How many product terms is the Z output using?
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 11 Optimized Pin-Locking A B C Z 3 8 13 18 5 How many product terms is the Z output using? Answer: 18
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 12 Architecture Does a XC9500 need to be re-programmed after power- down?
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 13 Architecture Does a XC9500 need to be re-programmed after power- down? No
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 14 Misc What were the relative dimensions of the obelisk in "2001 a space oddessy"?
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 15 Misc What were the relative dimensions of the obelisk in "2001 a space oddessy"? 1 X 4 X 9 ( X 16 X 25 X.....)
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 16 Fitter Report and the Timing Analyzer Whether or not the Pin Feedback option was used will be provided in the Fitter Report. (True/False)
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 17 Fitter Report and the Timing Analyzer Whether or not the Pin Feedback option was used will be provided in the Fitter Report. –True
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 18 Fitter Report and the Timing Analyzer The performance of a design can be found in which report? aPerformance report generated by the Timing Analyzer bFitter Report cPost Layout Timing Report dboth A and C eall of the above
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 19 Fitter Report and the Timing Analyzer The performance of a design can be found in which report? Performance report generated by the Timing Analyzer Fitter Report Post Layout Timing Report eboth A and C
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 20 Optimized Pin-Locking Bonus 3-part 3 Points Y Z What is the longest Path?
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 21 Optimized Pin-Locking Bonus 3 Points A B C Z What is the longest Path? Answer: From A,B, or C to Z For this path, how many cascade delays are in the worst case path? How much delay for a XC9536-5?? Y
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 22 Optimized Pin-Locking Bonus 3 Points A B C Z What is the longest Path? From A,B, or C to Z For this path, how many cascade delays are in the worst case path? How much delay for a XC9536-5?? 2 cascades ie. +2nS worst case Y
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 23 Misc What was the name of Garfield’s Teddy Bear?
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 24 Misc What was the name of Garfield’s Teddy Bear? Pookie
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 25 CPLD Design Manager The Post Layout Timing Report provides detailed information on the Timing Specifications associated with the project.
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 26 CPLD Design Manager The Post Layout Timing Report provides detailed information on the Timing Specifications associated with the project. (True/False) – False
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 27 Misc What is the speed of light?
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 28 Misc What is the speed of light in a vacuum? 186,000 miles per second 3 X 10^8 meters per second 3 X 10^10 centimeters per second
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 29 CPLD Design Manager The primary source of information about a design is contained in the ________
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 30 CPLD Design Manager The primary source of information about a design is contained in the ________ – Fitting Report
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 31 Misc Name George Lucas' first three movies in order.
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 32 Misc Name George Lucas' first three movies in order THX1138, American Graffiti, Star Wars
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 33 Fitter Report and the Timing Analyzer The performance reported by the Timing Analyzer are worst case delays. (True/False)
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 34 Fitter Report and the Timing Analyzer The performance reported by the Timing Analyzer are worst case delays. –True
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 35 Implementation Options Using the Local I/O Pin Feedback option can route an output signal to another function block. It does not route through the Switch Matrix. (True/False)
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 36 Implementation Options Using the Local I/O Pin Feedback option can route an output signal to another function block, and does not route through the Switch Matrix. True
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 37 Misc What is Avagadro's number? Note: Also the # of “standard” peas to fill the state of Penn to 1 ft. Hence the “pea foot Pennsylvania”
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 38 Misc What is Avagadro's number? A mole equal to 6.022 X 10^23 molecules.
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 39 Bonus Question Which document lists the current simulation vendors and contacts?
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 40 Bonus Question Which document lists the current simulation vendors and contacts? –XCELL Quarterly Journal, available on the WEB
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 41 Reports How can a user determine the location of a borrowed product term?
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 42 Fitting Report How can a user determine the location of a borrowed product term? Top of FB report section of Fitting Report
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 43 Optimizing The I/O pad associated with a signal that uses the Local I/O Pin Feedback option cannot be used for an ______. AInput BOutput CInput or an Output
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 44 Optimizing The I/O pad associated with a signal that uses the Local I/O Pin Feedback option cannot be used for an ______. A Input BOutput CInput or an Output
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 45 Optimizing The Local Macrocell Feedback option is faster than the I/O Pin Feedback option, but can only feedback into the _______.
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 46 Optimizing The Local Macrocell Feedback option is faster than the I/O Pin Feedback option, but can only feedback into the _______. Same Function Block
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 47 Misc What is the name of Dilbert’s Dog?
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 48 Misc What is the name of Dilbert’s Dog? Dogbert
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 49 Optimizing Bonus 2 Points A critical path in a design uses 20 product terms. The Product Term Collapsing Limit should be (raised/lowered) from the default setting to get better performance.
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 50 Optimizing Bonus 2 points A critical path in a design uses 20 product terms. The Product Term Collapsing Limit should be (raised/lowered) from the default setting to get better performance. Raised (default is 20 ie. Max)
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 51 Optimizing Bonus 3 Points Flat Logic (Parallel) is tends to create dense logic structures. (True/False)? Why?
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 52 Optimizing Bonus 3 Points Flat Logic (Parallel) is tends to create dense logic structures. (True/False)? Why? False Flat logic tends to have repetition of terms, but is typically faster.
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 53 Programming Bonus 3 Points If a designer is going to have a JTAG chain with several XC9500 devices, which download cable should be used?
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 54 Programming Bonus 3 points If a designer is going to have a JTAG chain with several XC9500 devices, which download cable should be used? Parallel
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 55 Misc What was different about title sequence of the pilot episode of Star Trek “The Menagerie” that was changed for the first episode?
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PL - Day 1 Answers - slide 56 Misc What was different about title sequence of the pilot episode of Star Trek “The Menagerie” that was changed for the first episode? When the Enterprise speeds by the camera and "Star Trek" appears on the screen in the beginning credits, the craft traveled silently, because it is true in space. The effect was, however, anti-climactic, and although the "whoosh" sound is unrealistic, it creates a great effect and is in every other episode.
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