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1、Prelims.qxd1/31/078:22PMPageivAbouttheAuthorsDavidMoneyHarrisisanassociateprofessorofengineeringatHarveyMuddCollege.HereceivedhisPh.D.inelectricalengineeringfromStanfordUniversityandhisM.Eng.inelectricalengineeringandcom-putersciencefromMIT.BeforeattendingStanford,heworkeda
2、tIntelasalogicandcircuitdesignerontheItaniumandPentiumIIprocessors.Sincethen,hehasconsultedatSunMicrosystems,Hewlett-Packard,Evans&Sutherland,andotherdesigncompanies.David’spassionsincludeteaching,buildingchips,andexploringtheoutdoors.Whenheisnotatwork,hecanusuallybefoundhi
3、king,mountaineering,orrockclimbing.Heparticularlyenjoyshikingwithhisson,Abraham,whowasbornatthestartofthisbookproject.Davidholdsaboutadozenpatentsandistheauthorofthreeothertextbooksonchipdesign,aswellastwoguidebookstotheSouthernCaliforniamountains.SarahL.Harrisisanassistant
4、professorofengineeringatHarveyMuddCollege.ShereceivedherPh.D.andM.S.inelectricalengineeringfromStanfordUniversity.BeforeattendingStanford,shereceivedaB.S.inelec-tricalandcomputerengineeringfromBrighamYoungUniversity.SarahhasalsoworkedwithHewlett-Packard,theSanDiegoSupercomp
5、uterCenter,Nvidia,andMicrosoftResearchinBeijing.Sarahlovesteaching,exploringanddevelopingnewtechnologies,traveling,windsurfing,rockclimbing,andplayingtheguitar.Herrecentexploitsincluderesearchingsketchinginterfacesfordigitalcircuitdesign,actingasasciencecorrespondentforaNat
6、ionalPublicRadioaffiliate,andlearninghowtokitesurf.Shespeaksfourlanguagesandlooksfor-wardtoaddingafewmoretothelistinthenearfuture.Prelims.qxd1/31/078:22PMPagexviiPrefaceWhypublishyetanotherbookondigitaldesignandcomputerarchitec-ture?Therearedozensofgoodbooksinprintondigital
7、design.Therearealsoseveralgoodbooksaboutcomputerarchitecture,especiallytheclassictextsofPattersonandHennessy.Thisbookisuniqueinitstreat-mentinthatitpresentsdigitallogicdesignfromtheperspectiveofcom-puterarchitecture,startingatthebeginningwith1’sand0’s,andleadingstudentsthro
8、ughthedesignofaMIPSmicroprocessor.WehaveusedseveraleditionsofPattersonandHennessy’
