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1、Prelims.qxd1/31/078:22PMPageivAbouttheAuthorsDavidMoneyHarrisisanassociateprofessorofengineeringatHarveyMuddCollege.HereceivedhisPh.D.inelectricalengineeringfromStanfordUniversityandhisM.Eng.inelectricalengineeringandcom-putersciencefromMIT.BeforeattendingStanford,heworkedatIntelasalogicandcirc
2、uitdesignerontheItaniumandPentiumIIprocessors.Sincethen,hehasconsultedatSunMicrosystems,Hewlett-Packard,Evans&Sutherland,andotherdesigncompanies.David’spassionsincludeteaching,buildingchips,andexploringtheoutdoors.Whenheisnotatwork,hecanusuallybefoundhiking,mountaineering,orrockclimbing.Heparti
3、cularlyenjoyshikingwithhisson,Abraham,whowasbornatthestartofthisbookproject.Davidholdsaboutadozenpatentsandistheauthorofthreeothertextbooksonchipdesign,aswellastwoguidebookstotheSouthernCaliforniamountains.SarahL.HarrisisanassistantprofessorofengineeringatHarveyMuddCollege.ShereceivedherPh.D.an
4、dM.S.inelectricalengineeringfromStanfordUniversity.BeforeattendingStanford,shereceivedaB.S.inelec-tricalandcomputerengineeringfromBrighamYoungUniversity.SarahhasalsoworkedwithHewlett-Packard,theSanDiegoSupercomputerCenter,Nvidia,andMicrosoftResearchinBeijing.Sarahlovesteaching,exploringanddevel
5、opingnewtechnologies,traveling,windsurfing,rockclimbing,andplayingtheguitar.Herrecentexploitsincluderesearchingsketchinginterfacesfordigitalcircuitdesign,actingasasciencecorrespondentforaNationalPublicRadioaffiliate,andlearninghowtokitesurf.Shespeaksfourlanguagesandlooksfor-wardtoaddingafewmore
6、tothelistinthenearfuture.Prelims.qxd1/31/078:22PMPagexviiPrefaceWhypublishyetanotherbookondigitaldesignandcomputerarchitec-ture?Therearedozensofgoodbooksinprintondigitaldesign.Therearealsoseveralgoodbooksaboutcomputerarchitecture,especiallytheclassictextsofPattersonandHennessy.Thisbookisuniquei
7、nitstreat-mentinthatitpresentsdigitallogicdesignfromtheperspectiveofcom-puterarchitecture,startingatthebeginningwith1’sand0’s,andleadingstudentsthroughthedesignofaMIPSmicroprocessor.WehaveusedseveraleditionsofPattersonandHennessy’