Digital Design : A Systems Approach (Hardcover)

This introductory textbook provides students with a system-level perspective and the tools they need to understand, analyze and design digital systems. Going beyond the design of simple combinational and sequential modules, it shows how such modules are used to build complete systems, reflecting real-world digital design. All the essential topics are covered, including design and analysis of combinational and sequential modules, as well as system timing and synchronization. It also teaches how to write Verilog HDL in a productive and maintainable style that enables CAD tools to do much of the tedious work. A complete introduction to digital design is given through clear explanations, extensive examples and online Verilog files. The teaching package is completed with lecture slides, labs and a solutions manual for instructors. Assuming no previous digital knowledge, this textbook is ideal for undergraduate digital design courses that will prepare students for modern digital practice. "Dally and Harting blend circuit and architecture design in a clear and constructive manner on the basis of their exceptional experience in digital design. Students will discover a modern and effective way to understand the fundamental underpinning of digital design, by being exposed to the different abstraction levels and views of computing systems." - Giovanni De Micheli, EPFL Switzerland "Bill and Curt have combined decades of academic and industry experience to produce a textbook that teaches digital system design from a very practical perspective without sacrificing the theoretical understanding needed to train tomorrow's engineers. Their approach pushes students to understand not just what they are designing but also what they are building. By presenting key advanced topics, such as synthesis, delay and logical effort, and synchronization, at the introductory level, this book is in the rare position of providing both practical advice and deep understanding. In doing so, this book will prepare students well even as technology, tools, and techniques change in the future." - David Black-Schaffer, Uppsala University "Everything you would expect from a book on digital design from Prof. Dally. Decades of practical experience are distilled to provide the tools necessary to design and compose complete digital systems. A clear and well written text that covers the basics and system-level issues equally well. An ideal starting point for the microprocessor and SoC designers of the future!" - Robert Mullins, University of Cambridge and the Raspberry Pi Foundation "This textbook sets a new standard for how digital system design is taught to undergraduates. The practical approach and concrete examples provides a solid foundation for anyone who wants to understand or design modern complex digital systems." - Steve Keckler, The University of Texas at Austin "This book not only teaches how to do digital design, but more importantly shows how to do good design. It stresses the importance of modularization with clean interfaces, and the importance of producing digital artifacts that not only meet their specifications, but which can also be easily understood by others. It uses an aptly-chosen set of examples and the Verilog code used to implement them. It includes a section on the design of asynchronous logic, a topic that is likely to become increasingly important as energy consumption becomes a primary concern in digital systems. The final appendix on Verilog coding style is particularly useful. This book will be valuable not only to students, but to practitioners in the area. I recommend it highly." - Chuck Thacker, Microsoft

這本入門教材為學生提供了系統層面的觀點和工具，幫助他們理解、分析和設計數字系統。超越了簡單的組合和時序模塊設計，展示了如何使用這些模塊來構建完整的系統，反映了現實世界的數字設計。涵蓋了所有必要的主題，包括組合和時序模塊的設計和分析，以及系統的時序和同步。它還教授如何以高效和可維護的方式撰寫Verilog HDL，使CAD工具能夠完成大部分繁瑣的工作。通過清晰的解釋、豐富的示例和在線Verilog文件，提供了對數字設計的完整介紹。教學套件還包括講義、實驗室和解答手冊供教師使用。假設沒有先前的數字知識，這本教科書非常適合準備學生進入現代數字實踐的本科數字設計課程。

「Dally和Harting以他們在數字設計方面的豐富經驗，以清晰和建設性的方式結合電路和架構設計。學生將通過接觸計算系統的不同抽象層次和視角，發現一種現代有效的理解數字設計基礎的方法。」- Giovanni De Micheli，EPFL瑞士

「Bill和Curt結合了數十年的學術和工業經驗，編寫了一本從非常實用的角度教授數字系統設計的教科書，同時又不會牺牲培養未來工程師所需的理論理解。他們的方法鼓勵學生不僅理解他們正在設計的內容，還要理解他們正在構建的內容。通過在入門級別介紹合成、延遲和邏輯努力以及同步等關鍵高級主題，這本書在提供實用建議的同時也提供了深入的理解。這樣一來，即使未來的技術、工具和技術發生變化，這本書也能很好地為學生做好準備。」- David Black-Schaffer，烏普薩拉大學

「這本教科書包含了Dally教授在數字設計方面的所有期望。數十年的實踐經驗被提煉成了設計和組合完整數字系統所需的工具。這是一本清晰且寫得很好的教材，同樣出色地涵蓋了基礎和系統層面的問題。這是未來微處理器和SoC設計師的理想起點！」- Robert Mullins，劍橋大學和樹莓派基金會

「這本教科書為本科生教授數字系統設計設立了新的標準。其實用的方法和具體的示例為任何想要理解或設計現代複雜數字系統的人提供了堅實的基礎。」- Steve Keckler，德克薩斯大學奧斯汀分校

「這本書不僅教授如何進行數字設計，更重要的是展示如何進行良好的設計。它強調模塊化設計和乾淨的接口的重要性，以及製作符合規格且易於他人理解的數字產品的重要性。它使用了一組恰當選擇的示例和用於實現它們的Verilog代碼。它還包括一節關於異步邏輯設計的附錄，這是在能源消耗成為數字系統主要關注點的情況下，可能變得越來越重要的主題。最後的附錄關於Verilog編碼風格尤其有用。這本書不僅對學生有價值，對該領域的從業人員也很有價值。我強烈推薦它。」- Chuck Thacker，微軟