Synopsis
For one- to two-semester Computer Science and Engineering courses in logic and digital design at the sophomore/junior level. Featuring a strong emphasis on the fundamentals underlying contemporary logic design using hardware description languages, synthesis, and verification, this book focuses on the ever-evolving applications of basic computer design concepts with strong connections to real-world technology.
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From the Publisher
Based on the classic best-selling title Computer Engineering: Hardware Design (1988), this new text presents the fundamentals of hardware design and integrates state-of-the- art techniques and technologies in a smooth, easy-to-understand style with abundant use of examples to build understanding and problem-solving skills. The text provides excellent preparation for courses in contemporary computer architecture and organization that emphasize system-level concepts but present only a cursory treatment of actual hardware design.
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FEATURES/BENEFITS
* Includes a free copy of the Xilinx Student Edition Foundation Series software.
* NEW—Many new sections on VHDL and Verilog—Includes separate discussions dedicated to VHDL or Verilog on: combinational design; sequential circuits; registers; datapaths; multipliers; and more.
* Provides the reader with a basic introduction to either of the two hardware description languages used to design in today's computer industry.
* NEW—125 additional pages on book's website on VHDL and Verilog— Includes additional explanatory material, VHDL and Verilog-based problems, and all source files for VHDL and Verilog examples.
* NEW—40% changed or new problems.
* Gives many opportunities to hone and practice.
* Exceptionally readable.
* A gradual development of logic, design, digital systems, and computer architecture concepts.
* Balanced coverage of both VHDL and Verilog languages.
* Strong connection to real-world technologies—Discusses DRAM technology, field programmable gate arrays, hard disk and I/O technologies including the Universal Serial Bus.
* On-going example of a simple computer system—Illustrates the principal impact of each topic on a PC computer design.
* Stimulates the readers' interest and helps them build a strong understanding by referring to one familiar computer system throughout the book that is used to demonstrate the application of each concept as it is being covered.
* Abundant coverage of programmable logic devices (PDLs)—Includes field programmable gate arrays.
* Introduces growing technology that is becoming a mainstay in digital logic laboratories.
* 25% of chapter problems solutions on website.
* Transparency originals for most figures and tables on Website.
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