Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals (Dardcover)

For one- to two-semester Computer Science and Engineering courses in logic and digital design. 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. Salient Features* Balance of Hardware Description Language coverage - VHDL, Verilog, or none.* Strong connections to real-word technology-Discusses SRAM, DRAM, and synchronous DRAM technologies.* Provides solid digital system design fundamentals while accomplishing a gradual, bottom-up development of fundamentals.* Companion Website-12 reading supplements consisting of new material and deleted material from prior editions, code for all VHDL and Verilog examples, 25% of the problem* solutions, and projection originals for all figures and major tables. New to this Edition* Approximately 40% of end of chapter problems are new or revised.* Many new real-world examples and problems have been added.* Example and problems are then used to illustrate the procedures for arriving at a description of a solution that can serve as input to CAD tools* Greater emphasis on formulation stage of design process -- recognizing computerized design tools now perform many of the subsequent steps. * Significant reorganization of content to better fit course topics* Updates to technological content to keep material current* Input-Output and Communication* High Performance CPU Concepts* Architectural Innovations* A brief description and illustration of the Espresso algorithm as an example of a pragmatic approach to 2-leve circuit optimization. Table of Contents 1. Digital Systems and Information 2. Combinational Logic Circuits 3. Combinational Logic Design 4. Arithmetic Functions and HDLs 5. Sequential Circuits 6. Selected Design Topics 7. Registers and Register Transfers 8. Memory Basics 9. Computer Design Basics 10. Instruction Set Architecture 11. RISC and CISC Processors 12. Input-Output and Communication 13. Memory Systems