OpenSparc Workshop in BVBCET was an event to trigger the minds of Hardware Engineers towards OpenSource concept of processor designing, It was the first of its kind in this part of Karnataka. Download Slides of Presentation It was a marathon workshop for 6 Hours extensively covering important aspects of the UltraSPARC T2 Processor. Date conducted: 23rd Feb 2008 (Saturday) Timings: 11 to 1 PM, 1.30 to 3.30 PM 4.00 to 6.00 PM Institutes participated: BVBCET Hubli (29 students) Total Attendance: 61 Students from E&C,IT,E&E,CS,IS,BCA & MCA Branches Resource Person: Mr Nasim Hussain from SUN Nasim stunned the audience by his expertise and blissful presentation, we felt that we were in some TED Conference!, rather than presenting he inspired the audience and he delivered an eye opener and awakened us to realize the mammoth lag of our curriculum compared to the industrial race. The Workshop aimed at presenting various improvisations made over the old mode of processor designing, and an overview and architecture of the UltraSPARC T2 processor was presented. Project ideas for the students interested in this sector were also presented. The presentation included only 277 slides!! We are planning to have the next version of this workshop which will provide hands on experience on how to Break into the Verilog Source code of UltraSPARC T2 Flirt with the source code. Compiling and Building the code Contributing/Adding our own module to the source RTL Verification We are working on arranging the resources (Machines with Solaris loaded, Cadence Tools installed) for this upcoming event. Download Slides of Presentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I particularly liked Karthik's this comment - Everything said and done, this passion to teach and learn is what makes OpenSPARC University program successful. - Durgam Vahia ( http://blogs.sun.com/dv/entry/opensparc_t2_training_at_bvbcet )
"Nasim stunned the audience by his expertise and blissful presentation, we felt that we were in some TED Conference!, rather than presenting he inspired the audience and he delivered an eye opener and awakened us to realize the mammoth lag of our curriculum compared to the industrial race."
Congratulations to Nasim, Karthik, and everyone involved.
being a SUN campus ambassador... living SUNny days
Saturday Feb 23, 2008
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This is Karthik Kulkarni's official SUN blog when he was the campus ambassador (2007 to 2009) during his undergraduate course in B.V.Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology (www.bvb.edu), Hubli, India. - www.kulkarnikarthik.com.
