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Computer Engineering Final Year Topic: Design and Evaluation of FPGA Floating-Point Approximation

This Computer Engineering final year project investigates trading numerical precision for circuit cost in a bounded arithmetic kernel, linking hardware behaviour and software assumptions through an explicitly bounded prototype or simulation.

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Why choose this project topic?

The topic makes trading numerical precision for circuit cost in a bounded arithmetic kernel a testable computer-engineering problem with visible interfaces and failure cases. Measuring relative error, throughput and logic utilisation helps a student compare design alternatives and explain how resource constraints affect the proposed implementation.

How do the selected hardware or embedded-software choices affect relative error, throughput and logic utilisation when trading numerical precision for circuit cost in a bounded arithmetic kernel?

Choose an available development board or simulator, agree the supported interface and workload, and narrow trading numerical precision for circuit cost in a bounded arithmetic kernel with your supervisor.

Proposed project objectives

  1. 01Specify the interfaces, operating assumptions and expected behaviour for trading numerical precision for circuit cost in a bounded arithmetic kernel.
  2. 02Implement exact-reference and reduced-precision versions, test representative and extreme inputs and report errors separately by input range.
  3. 03Measure relative error, throughput and logic utilisation and document failures, resource limits and reproducibility.

A suggested research approach

Implement exact-reference and reduced-precision versions, test representative and extreme inputs and report errors separately by input range. Keep all tests on owned, simulated or approved low-voltage equipment. Record hardware and tool versions, compare output with an independent reference, and evaluate relative error, throughput and logic utilisation using normal, boundary and interrupted-operation cases.

What you will need

  • HDL tools
  • Exact numerical reference
  • Structured test vectors

Keep your project scope clear

Reduced precision may be unsuitable for consequential calculations and requires application-specific review. Project writing does not supply working firmware or manufactured hardware.

Computer Engineering project chapter outline

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  1. Chapter 1Introduction
  2. Chapter 2Literature Review
  3. Chapter 3System Analysis and Design
  4. Chapter 4System Implementation and Testing
  5. Chapter 5Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations

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