Digital Design and Computer Architecture

Digital Design and Computer Architecture, Second Edition, takes a unique and modern approach to digital design, introducing the reader to the fundamentals of digital logic and then showing step by step how to build a MIPS microprocessor in both Verilog and VHDL. This new edition combines an engaging and humorous writing style with an updated and hands-on approach to digital design. It presents new content on I/O systems in the context of general purpose processors found in a PC as well as microcontrollers found almost everywhere.

Beginning with digital logic gates and progressing to the design of combinational and sequential circuits, the book uses these fundamental building blocks as the basis for the design of an actual MIPS processor. It provides practical examples of how to interface with peripherals using RS232, SPI, motor control, interrupts, wireless, and analog-to-digital conversion. SystemVerilog and VHDL are integrated throughout the text in examples illustrating the methods and techniques for CAD-based circuit design. There are also additional exercises and new examples of parallel and advanced architectures, practical I/O applications, embedded systems, and heterogeneous computing, plus a new appendix on C programming to strengthen the connection between programming and processor architecture.

This new edition will appeal to professional computer engineers and to students taking a course that combines digital logic and computer architecture.

Updated based on instructor feedback with more exercises and new examples of parallel and advanced architectures, practical I/O applications, embedded systems, and heterogeneous computing

• Presents digital system design examples in both VHDL and SystemVerilog (updated for the second edition from Verilog), shown side-by-side to compare and contrast their strengths
• Includes a new chapter on C programming to provide necessary prerequisites and strengthen the connection between programming and processor architecture
• Companion Web site includes links to Xilinx CAD tools for FPGA design, lecture slides, laboratory projects, and solutions to exercises.

Instructors can also register at textbooks.elsevier.com for access to:

• Solutions to all exercises (PDF)
• Lab materials with solutions
• HDL for textbook examples and exercise solutions
• Lecture slides (PPT)
• Sample exams\
• Sample course syllabus
• Figures from the text (JPG, PPT)

Students taking a course that combines digital logic and computer architecture; professional computer engineers

In Praise of Digital Design

About the Authors

Dedication

Preface

Features

Online Supplements

How to Use the Software Tools in A Course

Labs

Bugs

Acknowledgments

1. From Zero to One

1.1 The Game Plan

1.2 The Art of Managing Complexity

1.3 The Digital Abstraction

1.4 Number Systems

1.5 Logic Gates

1.6 Beneath the Digital Abstraction

1.7 CMOS Transistors

1.8 Power Consumption

1.9 Summary and a Look Ahead

2. Combinational Logic Design

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Boolean Equations

2.3 Boolean Algebra

2.4 From Logic to Gates

2.5 Multilevel Combinational Logic

2.6 X’s and Z’s, Oh My

2.7 Karnaugh Maps

2.8 Combinational Building Blocks

2.9 Timing

2.10 Summary

3. Sequential Logic Design

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Latches and Flip-Flops

3.3 Synchronous Logic Design

3.4 Finite State Machines

3.5 Timing of Sequential Logic

3.6 Parallelism

3.7 Summary

4. Hardware Description Languages

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Combinational Logic

4.3 Structural Modeling

4.4 Sequential Logic

4.5 More Combinational Logic

4.6 Finite State Machines

4.7 Data Types

4.8 Parameterized Modules

4.9 Testbenches

4.10 Summary

5. Digital Building Blocks

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Arithmetic Circuits

5.3 Number Systems

5.4 Sequential Building Blocks

5.5 Memory Arrays

5.6 Logic Arrays

5.7 Summary

6. Architecture

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Assembly Language

6.3 Machine Language

6.4 Programming

6.5 Addressing Modes

6.6 Lights, Camera, Action: Compiling, Assembling, and Loading

6.7 Odds and Ends

6.8 Real-World Perspective: x86 Architecture

6.9 Summary

7. Microarchitecture: With contributions from Matthew Watkins

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Performance Analysis

7.3 Single-Cycle Processor

7.4 Multicycle Processor

7.5 Pipelined Processor

7.6 HDL Representation

7.7 Exceptions

7.8 Advanced Microarchitecture

7.9 Real-World Perspective: x86 Microarchitecture

7.10 Summary

8. Memory and I/O Systems

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Memory System Performance Analysis

8.3 Caches

8.4 Virtual Memory

8.5 I/O Introduction

8.6 Embedded I/O Systems

8.7 PC I/O Systems

8.8 Real-World Perspective: x86 Memory and I/O Systems*

8.9 Summary

Epilogue

A: Digital System Implementation

A.1 Introduction

A.2 74xx Logic

A.3 Programmable Logic

A.4 Application-Specific Integrated Circuits

A.5 Data sheets

A.6 Logic Families

A.7 Packaging and Assembly

A.8 Transmission Lines

A.9 Economics

B: MIPS Instructions

C: C Programming

C.1 Introduction

Summary

C.2 Welcome to C

Summary

C.3 Compilation

Summary

C.4 Variables

Summary

C.5 Operators

C.6 Function Calls

C.7 Control-Flow Statements

Summary

C.8 More Data Types

Summary

C.9 Standard Libraries

C.10 Compiler and Command Line Options

C.11 Common Mistakes

Further Reading

Index