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RTL-16Pipelining and Performance-Oriented RTLPublished

Configurable Barrel Shifter

Design a barrel shifter and compare RTL area/timing trade-offs.

Advanced~75 minSelf-checking testbench
Concepts covered
  • Logarithmic shifter
  • Shift modes
  • Area / timing trade-offs
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  • Self-checking testbench
  • Simulation transcript & waveforms
  • Measured debugging cases
  • Challenges & verification checklist
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