Digital Design and Computer Architecture: ARM Edition

Digital Design and Computer Architecture: ARM Edition covers the fundamentals of digital logic design and reinforces logic concepts through the design of an ARM microprocessor. Combining an engaging and humorous writing style with an updated and hands-on approach to digital design, this book takes the reader from the fundamentals of digital logic to the actual design of an ARM processor. By the end of this book, readers will be able to build their own microprocessor and will have a top-to-bottom understanding of how it works.

Beginning with digital logic gates and progressing to the design of combinational and sequential circuits, this book uses these fundamental building blocks as the basis for designing an ARM processor. System Verilog and VHDL are integrated throughout the text in examples illustrating the methods and techniques for CAD-based circuit design. The companion website includes a chapter on I/O systems with practical examples that show how to use the Raspberry Pi computer to communicate with peripheral devices such as LCDs, Bluetooth radios, and motors.

This book will be a valuable resource for students taking a course that combines digital logic and computer architecture or students taking a two-quarter sequence in digital logic and computer organization/architecture.

Sarah L. Harris is an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She received her B.S. at B.Y.U. and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. She has worked at Hewlett Packard, Nvidia, and various other places.

David Money Harris is the Harvey S. Mudd Professor of Engineering Design at Harvey Mudd College. He received his S.B. and M.Eng. degrees from MIT and his Ph.D. from Stanford University. He has designed chips at Intel, Hewlett Packard, Sun Microsystems, and Broadcom. When he is not teaching or designing chips, he can often be found exploring the mountains and deserts of Southern California with his three sons.