Acknowledgments
We want to wholeheartedly thank everyone that supported us throughout this 10-month period and made this all possible.
Special thanks to Chuan Tung Lin, who was always there to answer our questions and help us overcome critical obstacles in the design process.
A big thank you to our supervisor Teaching Assistant, Mor Shimshi, for providing us with helpful technical resources and ideas.
Also, we would like to thank Paul Huang, for offering us useful advices on the backend design steps.
Many thanks to Prof. Mingoo Seok, who provided the project idea and helped us with his technical expertise and experience on processor design.
We would like to express our gratitude to Prof. Peter Kinger, who gave us the invaluable opportunity to be part of this class and have our first ever tape-out experience. His guidance, support and management played a pivotal role in the successful outcome of our project.
Finally, we would like to thank Apple Inc., because nothing of this would have been possible without their generous support and sponsorship. Special thanks to Joao Cerqueira and the rest of Apple engineers who participated in our design reviews and offered valuable feedback.