conclusions

Results analysis, standards, and intellectual property.

Expectations Versus Results

TODO: Analyze how well the final design met expectations.

Discuss:

  • whether FPGA acceleration improved the bottleneck
  • whether fixed-point scoring was accurate enough
  • whether the system scaled as expected
  • what you would do differently next time

Standards

TODO: State applicable standards or conventions.

Possible items:

  • Verilog/SystemVerilog coding conventions
  • Avalon/MM or HPS/FPGA interface conventions, if used
  • fixed-point numeric format conventions
  • dataset/file-format conventions

Intellectual Property Considerations

TODO: Complete final IP analysis.

Questions to answer:

  • Did the project reuse code or another design?
  • Did it use Intel/Altera IP?
  • Did it use public-domain or open-source code?
  • Was anything reverse engineered?
  • Were any patent or trademark issues relevant?
  • Was any nondisclosure agreement required?
  • Are there patent opportunities?