2009 Memocode Co-Design Contest
From James Hoe
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Contest Announcement
MEMOCODE 2009 will again have a design contest. The contest will start 1 March 2009. The deadline for submission is 31 March 2009 and the notification of the results is on 8 May 2009. The conference will sponsor at least two prize categories, each with a significant cash award. (We awarded a $1000 prize in each of the three categories in 2008. See last year's results.)
Each team that submits a complete and working entry will be invited to submit for review a 2-page abstract for the formal conference proceedings; prize winning teams will be invited to contribute a 4-page short paper.
Please help us spread the word about this contest and post this contest flyer at your institution.
Getting Started
As in past years, a design challenge will be posted on the start date of the contest. The design teams have 30 days to produce a working implementation employing any HW and SW design methodology and targeting any FPGA development platform of the contestants' choice.
Before the contest gets underway, participants are highly encouraged to familiarize themselves with the contest style and infrastructure. Experience has shown that valuable design time gets lost during the contest due to 'learning-curve' issues with tools and platforms. Please visit past years contest site to see examples of contest problems and winning solutions.
If you are interested in participating, please email <jhoe+mc09 at ece_cmu_edu> and we will keep you updated by email.
Reference Platform
The 2009 contest will continue to use the very affordable Virtex-II-based Xilinx XUP board as the reference platform. For academic participants that do not have access to affordable tools and platforms, we encourage you to approach the Xilinx Donation Program for assistance at the earliest opportunity. (You can cite your participation in this contest in your donation request.) We also want to point out the availability of the new Virtex-5-based Xilinx XUPV5 board. Under the contest rules, you are allowed to use any platform in both the absolute performance category and the normalized performance category.
Contest Organizers
The 2009 contest is co-organized by Forrest Brewer (forrest at ece_ucsb_edu) and James C. Hoe (jhoe+mc09 at ece_cmu_edu).
