For the mid-term, download and print the following articles:

Accelerator Integration for Open-Source SoC Design
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9406354

Manticore: A 4096-Core RISC-V Chiplet Architecture for Ultraefficient Floating-Point Computing
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9296802

Read these in advance. You can use a highlighter on the copies you print, as well as underline, circle, and write notes for the paper in the margins. Make sure to bring the copies with you to the exam.