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1、Prelims.qxd1/31/078:22PMPageivAbouttheAuthorsDavidMoneyHarrisisanassociateprofessorofengineeringatHarveyMuddCollege.HereceivedhisPh.D.inelectricalengineeringfromStanfordUniversityandhisM.Eng.inelectricalengineeringandcom-putersciencefromMIT.BeforeattendingStanf
2、ord,heworkedatIntelasalogicandcircuitdesignerontheItaniumandPentiumIIprocessors.Sincethen,hehasconsultedatSunMicrosystems,Hewlett-Packard,Evans&Sutherland,andotherdesigncompanies.David’spassionsincludeteaching,buildingchips,andexploringtheoutdoors.Whenheisnotat
3、work,hecanusuallybefoundhiking,mountaineering,orrockclimbing.Heparticularlyenjoyshikingwithhisson,Abraham,whowasbornatthestartofthisbookproject.Davidholdsaboutadozenpatentsandistheauthorofthreeothertextbooksonchipdesign,aswellastwoguidebookstotheSouthernCalifor
4、niamountains.SarahL.HarrisisanassistantprofessorofengineeringatHarveyMuddCollege.ShereceivedherPh.D.andM.S.inelectricalengineeringfromStanfordUniversity.BeforeattendingStanford,shereceivedaB.S.inelec-tricalandcomputerengineeringfromBrighamYoungUniversity.Sarahh
5、asalsoworkedwithHewlett-Packard,theSanDiegoSupercomputerCenter,Nvidia,andMicrosoftResearchinBeijing.Sarahlovesteaching,exploringanddevelopingnewtechnologies,traveling,windsurfing,rockclimbing,andplayingtheguitar.Herrecentexploitsincluderesearchingsketchinginter
6、facesfordigitalcircuitdesign,actingasasciencecorrespondentforaNationalPublicRadioaffiliate,andlearninghowtokitesurf.Shespeaksfourlanguagesandlooksfor-wardtoaddingafewmoretothelistinthenearfuture.Prelims.qxd1/31/078:22PMPagexviiPrefaceWhypublishyetanotherbookond
7、igitaldesignandcomputerarchitec-ture?Therearedozensofgoodbooksinprintondigitaldesign.Therearealsoseveralgoodbooksaboutcomputerarchitecture,especiallytheclassictextsofPattersonandHennessy.Thisbookisuniqueinitstreat-mentinthatitpresentsdigitallogicdesignfromthepe
8、rspectiveofcom-puterarchitecture,startingatthebeginningwith1’sand0’s,andleadingstudentsthroughthedesignofaMIPSmicroprocessor.WehaveusedseveraleditionsofPattersonandHennessy’
