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
• Exercises
• Interview Questions

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
• Exercises
• Interview Questions

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
• Exercises
• Interview Questions

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
• Exercises
• SystemVerilog Exercises
• VHDL Exercises
• Interview Questions

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
• Exercises
• Interview Questions

6. Architecture

• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Assembly Language
• 6.3 Programming
• 6.4 Machine Language
• 6.5 Lights, Camera, Action: Compiling, Assembling, and Loading*
• 6.6 Odds and Ends*
• 6.7 Evolution of ARM Architecture
• 6.8 Another Perspective: x86 Architecture
• 6.9 Summary
• Exercises
• Interview Questions

7. Microarchitecture

• 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 Advanced Microarchitecture*
• 7.8 Real-World Perspective: Evolution of ARM Microarchitecture*
• 7.9 Summary
• Exercises
• Interview Questions

8. Memory Systems

• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Memory System Performance Analysis
• 8.3 Caches
• 8.4 Virtual Memory
• 8.5 Summary
• Epilogue
• Exercises
• Interview Questions

9. I/O Systems

• 9.1 Introduction

e9. I/O Systems

• 9.1 Introduction
• 9.2 Memory-Mapped I/O
• 9.3 Embedded I/O Systems
• 9.4 Other Microcontroller Peripherals
• 9.5 Bus Interfaces
• 9.6 PC I/O Systems
• 9.7 Summary

A. Digital System Implementation

• A.1 Introduction

eA. 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. ARM Instructions

• B.1 Data-processing Instructions
• B.2 Memory Instructions
• B.3 Branch Instructions
• B.4 Miscellaneous Instructions
• B.5 Condition Flags

C. C Programming

• C.1 Introduction

eC. 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