This course will cover the basics of system-on-chip (SoC) design, hardware-software co- specification, co-synthesis and network-on-chip (NoC) systems. It provides the advance knowledge required for system-on-chip design, multi-core architectures and embedded systems on a chip. Students will also be introduced to the main principles of SoC modeling and design using SystemC. Various soft processor cores such as Nios-II and other IPs will be explored. Interconnection structures such as AMBA, Avalon and IBM Core-connect for SoC design will be covered in detail. Various SoC development tools will be utilized in the labs and projects.