The project proposal should outline the basic idea of your project, not exceeding one page. The description should include:

• topic and scope of the project
  
• team members
• rough time line for the project with initial estimates of dates for completion of each task

The first design review consist of a written report and a 15 minute presentation with prepared PowerPoint slides. The report / presentation should cover the following topics:

• Brief behavioral description of the design, including instruction set description, algorithms, protocols, etc., as appropriate.
• Chip area / performance / power estimates.
• Proposed architecture of the design and initial floor plan.
• Verification environment and verification plan .
• Design for test plan.
• Team organization and team assignments.
• Detailed project plan with dates for remaining design steps.
  

The second design review consist of a written report and a 20 minute presentation. The second review should contain a description of the design that is complete, except for the final stages of placement / routing and layout generation. In addition to updates on topics previously covered in design review 1,  it should cover the following topics:

• Detailed floorplan of the design.
• Synthesis results.
• Verification results.
• Design for test results.
  
• Revised Chip area / performance / power estimates.
• Physical design plans.
  

The final design review consist of a written report and a 30 minute presentation. The final design review should contain a complete description of the project in the format for the Design Automation Conference design contest. Among others, it should contain the following two sections:

• The design aspects of the project, including final area, timing, and power statistics of the design, and architecture, floorplan and implementation details.
• The design methodology of the project, including the verification results, synthesis, physical design, performance analysis, and design for test.