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BOOK
Author Dowsing, R.D.

Title Computers: from logic to architecture

Publisher USA McGraw-Hill USA 2000

LOCATION CLASS NO. STATUS
 Main Stack Thurles  004.65 DOW    AVAILABLE
Edition 2nd ed
Descript 350p., 246 x 189mm, paperback
Note This text discusses logic from basic principles, through combinatorial and sequential logic design to implementation techniques such as PLAs and gate arrays. It discusses the hardware components of a computer, and the best techniques of data communications, networking, and protocol.
Contents What is computer system? understanding computer architecture; a layered approach; functional decomposition; translation and interpretation; translation; interpretation; languages and abstract machines sequentially; concurrency and distribution; summary; introduction to digital logic; combinatorial and sequential logic; basic logic gates the And gate; the Or gate; the Nand gate; the Nor gate; the Or gate; example - a 1-bit half Adder Boolean algebra; propositions and the rules of Boolean algebra; sum-of-products; Nan/Nor logic; positive and negative logic; logic implementation; the field effect transistor as a switch; field-effect transistor Nand and Nor logic gates; logic families - introduction; transistor-transistor logic; complementary metal oxide semiconductor logic; summary exercises; combinatorial logic design - introduction problem specification; design example = a parity generator; description; outputs inputs truth table; Boolean equation for P; implementation; design example - A7; segment decimal decoder; description; truth table; implementation; minimisation of Boolean functions; use of Karnaugh maps; medium scale integrated functions; demultiplexers and decoders; multiplexe5rs; programmable logic arrays; read-only memoirs; summary exercises; sequential logic designs - introduction; synchronous and asynchronous sequential circuits; state diagrams and state variables; memory elements; the set-reset latch; the D-type latch; the D-type edge-triggered flip-flop; the JK-type flip-flop; implementing sequential logic systems with D-type flip-flops; traffic light controller; implementing sequential logic circuits with read-only memoirs. (Part contents).
Alt Author Woodhams, F.W.D.
MARSHALL I
ISBN 0077095847