Add ReadMe, complete syllabus

Author: nickelpro

.gitignore

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+.vscode

ReadMe.md

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+# NYU Processor Design Documentation
+
+This repository contains the [mdBook](https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook)
+documentation for the NYU Processor Design team. This includes the design
+notebooks for team members.
+
+The rendered site can be accessed at: https://nyu-processor-design.github.io/

src/getting_started/notebooks/01_first_design.md

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 # Your First Design Notebook
 ----
+The design notebook is the mechanism used by the team and the VIP program to
+demonstrate student involvement with the program.

src/vip_course_docs/syllabus.md

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 semester. Students may apply to various VIP course options (i.e., VIP teams),
 then select one VIP team to participate on for three consecutive semesters.
 
-***For the Processor Design team in particular:*** Applicants should have
-completed CS-UY 2214 or ECE-UY 2204 or have equivalent experience with RTL
-design. Team participation assumes familiarity with Verilog and associated
-tooling.
+***For the Processor Design team:*** Applicants should have completed CS-UY 2214
+or ECE-UY 2204 or have equivalent experience with RTL design. Team participation
+assumes familiarity with Verilog and associated tooling.
 
 ## About VIP
 
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     significant benefit to faculty members' research programs
 
 ## Project Objectives
+
+This course operates as an engineering-focused team, research and learning
+objectives are achieved through _building_. Team members will be working
+collaboratively with industry-standard methodology and modern tooling to
+construct novel microprocessor designs. This VIP course coordinates with the
+NYU Tandon School of Engineering and the Purdue University SoCET team.
+
+The team has a special focus on modularity of design, toolchain implementation,
+continuous integration, testing and verification, test coverage reporting, and
+module packaging. Team members should expect to develop a familiarity with all
+of these areas prior to developing a specialization.
+
+## Learning Objectives
+
+The team seeks to attain the following outcomes for participants:
+
+  * an ability to identify, compartmentalize, and structure solutions to complex
+    problems in digital design using sets of modular components
+
+  * an ability to design and implement repeatable and robust toolchains and
+    workflows using industry-standard tooling
+
+  * an ability to collaborate effectively with team members and integrate
+    diverse, distributed work into a single cohesive solution
+
+  * an ability to independently research and consider possible solutions to a
+    problem space and present concise recommendations for evaluation
+
+## Project Structure
+
+This VIP team does not have designated sub-teams. A single team-wide meeting
+will be held weekly at a time determined by participant schedules.
+
+## Course Topics
+
+A short list of topics team members will become familiar with:
+
+  * System Verilog
+  * C/C++ for Verification
+  * Toolchain Automation
+  * Processor pipelining and pipeline stage implementation
+  * Caching
+  * Design flow tooling
+  * Elements of a PDK
+  * RISC-V ISA
+
+## Course Structure
+
+### Time
+
+Students attend weekly meetings and work outside of those meetings
+individually and/or with team members. The time commitment expected from each
+undergraduate student is commensurate with the level of variable credit
+enrollment:
+
+1 credit: 4 hours per week
+
+2 credits[^note1]: 8 hours per week
+
+3 credits[^note2]: 12 hours per week
+
+[^note1]: VIP Advisor pre-approval required.
+
+[^note2]: VIP Management pre-approval required.
+
+Graduate students enroll for 1.5 credits, commensurate with 50 hours over the
+semester.
+
+**Zero-credit enrollment:** Students may enroll in VIP for zero (0) credits on
+a case-by-case basis to address issues of enrollment limitations (e.g., credit
+limits). This enrollment option can only be used up to 2 times.
+
+
+### Weekly Meetings
+
+Each VIP team determines regular team and/or sub-team meeting times during which
+students discuss project updates, work on tasks, and plan upcoming objectives.
+Weekly meetings generally take place for 1 hour.
+
+Students are responsible for participating in their team and sub-team meetings.
+Contact the VIP Student Leadership and/or VIP Advisor prior to missing a meeting
+to be excused from attendance. If you miss any meeting, you are responsible for
+knowing what occurred in that meeting (typically by discussing it with a team
+member). An excused absence does not relieve you of that responsibility.
+
+### Communication
+
+Students are expected to communicate with team members during weekly meetings
+and through mid-week exchanges. Students are expected to respond to
+communications in an appropriate time frame and to communicate respectfully.
+Reach out to VIP team leadership with any issues concerning miscommunication.
+
+**The NYU Processor Design team** coordinates via Github issues, pull request
+comments, and our Discord.
+
+### VIP Notebook
+
+Every VIP student maintains documentation consisting of meeting notes, details
+about their work and progress, lists of responsibilities, tasks, and deadlines,
+reflections, etc.
+
+The notebook format for **the Processor Design team** is markdown documents
+submitted as pull requests to this repository. Feedback will be provided in the
+pull request, and timeliness is judged based on when a PR is submitted.
+
+Team members are expected to update their notebooks weekly. An accepted PR
+represents full credit for the purposes of grading.
+
+## Required Materials
+
+There are no required materials for this course. Introductory project
+information, training, and resources will be made available to students.
+
+## Grades
+
+Students are graded based on participation, contribution, and documentation.
+Attendance is expected at weekly meetings, and every student reports their
+individual contributions on a weekly basis through the VIP Notebook.
+
+|               Category                 | Breakdown |
+-----------------------------------------|-----------|
+|      Documentation (VIP Notebook)      |    30%    |
+|    Responsibilities & Contributions    |    30%    |
+|      Peer Evaluations & Attendance     |    30%    |
+| End of Semester Presentation or Report |    10%    |
+|               **Total**                |***100%*** |
+
+**Zero-credit enrollment:** Students enrolled in a zero-credit VIP course will
+receive a Pass (P) for 80% or higher.