Digital Design：An Embedded Systems Approach .pdf

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1、InPraiseofDigitalDesign:AnEmbeddedSystemsApproachUsingVHDL“PeterAshendenisleadingthewaytowardsanewcurriculumforeducatingthenextgenerationofdigitallogicdesigners.Recognizingthatdigitaldesignhasmovedfrombeinggate-centricassemblyofcustomlogictoprocessor-centricdesignofembeddedsystems,Dr.Ash

2、endenhasshiftedthefocusfromthegatetothemoderndesignandintegrationofcomplexintegrateddevicesthatmaybephysicallyrealizedinavarietyofforms.Dr.Ashendendoesnotignorethefundamentals,buttreatsthemwithsuitabledepthandbreadthtoprovideabasisforthehigher-levelmaterial.AsisthenorminallofDr.Ashenden’

3、swriting,thetextislucidandapleasuretoread.ThebookisillustratedwithcopiousexamplesandthecompanionWebsiteoffersallthatonewouldexpectinatextofsuchhighquality.”—grantmartin,ChiefScientist,TensilicaInc.“Dr.Ashendenhaswrittenatextbookthatenablesstudentstoobtainamuchbroaderandmorevaluableunders

4、tandingofmoderndigitalsystemdesign.Readerscanbesurethatthepracticesdescribedinthisbookwillprovideastrongfoundationformoderndigitalsystemdesignusinghard-waredescriptionlanguages.”—garyspivey,GeorgeFoxUniversity“Theconvergenceofminiaturized,sophisticatedelectronicsintohandheld,low-poweremb

5、eddedsystemssuchascellphones,PDAs,andMP3playersdependsonefficient,digitaldesignflows.Startingwithanintuitiveexplo-rationofthebasicbuildingblocks,DigitalDesign:AnEmbeddedSystemsApproachintroducesdigitalsystemsdesigninthecontextofembeddedsystemstoprovidestudentswithbroaderperspectives.Thro

6、ughoutthetext,PeterAshenden’spracticalapproachengagesstudentsinunderstand-ingthechallengesandcomplexitiesinvolvedinimplementingembeddedsystems.”—gregoryd.peterson,UniversityofTennessee“DigitalDesign:AnEmbeddedSystemsApproachplacesemphasisonlargersystemscontainingprocessors,memory,andinvo

7、lvingthedesignandinterfaceofI/Ofunctionsandapplication-specificaccelerators.Thebook’spresentationisbasedonacontemporaryviewthatreflectsthereal-worlddigitalsystemdesignpractice.Atatimewhentheuniversitycurriculumisgenerallylaggingsignificantlybehindindustrydevelopment,thisb