Digital Systems and Hardware/Firmware Algorithms - Hardcover

Ercegovac, Milos D.; Lang, Tom?s; Lang, Tomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047188393X ISBN 13: 9780471883937

Publisher: Wiley, 1985

Synopsis

This modern treatment of digital system specification, analysis, and design covers all topics from gates and flip-flops to complex hardware and system software algorithms. An upper-level undergraduate/graduate text, it uses two complementary approaches--system model and algorithmic model--in dealing with structured analysis and design, and separates specification from implementation to allow for the ready application of concepts to practical system design. Extensive illustrations and 500 exercises.

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About the Author

About the authors Miloš D. Ercegovac is Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on computer system design and architecture, and theory and practice of computer arithmetic and VLSI-oriented algorithms, high-speed computer organization, functional (applicative) languages and data-driven machines, and fault-tolerant building blocks. Dr. Ercegovac earned his PhD in computer science from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Tomás Lang is Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Lang’s primary research and teaching interests are in digital design and computer architecture with emphasis on multiprocessors and architectural support for operating systems functions. He earned his PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

From the Back Cover

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Digital Systems and Hardware/Firmware Algorithms is a comprehensive treatment of the specification, analysis, and design of digital systems. Using two basic approaches—systems and algorithmic—Miloš Ercegovac and Tomás Lang cover all aspects of digital design, from gates and flip flops to complex hardware/firmware algorithms. The systems approach (combinational and sequential systems) is used for relatively simple systems, and the algorithmic for more complex ones. This permits an integrated coverage of multiple levels in system design. Digital Systems serves as an undergraduate or graduate text, and as a single-source reference for the practicing design engineer. It covers MSI/LSI modules and their use in design, and considers various alternatives for the implementation of controllers, from a hardwired implementation to a microprogrammed one. Multilevel analysis and design methods are introduced and alternative design strategies compared. There’s also a chapter on arithmetic algorithms and implementations that discusses basic implementations as well as more sophisticated techniques for increasing the operation speed. Throughout the presentation, the emphasis is squarely on concepts and general techniques, so that the text is applicable to virtually any modern digital technology or system. A comprehensive survey of these technologies is provided in an appendix. Care is also taken to separate the specification of a system from its implementation. This separation is vital for the understanding and design of complex systems. An exceptionally large number of examples and exercises are included to help students develop a comfortable working knowledge of modern design techniques.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047188393X
• ISBN 13: 9780471883937
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 864