AbouttheAuthorsDavidMoneyHarrisisanassociateprofessorofengineeringatHarveyMuddCollege.HereceivedhisPh.D.inelectricalengineeringfromStanfordUniversityandhisM.Eng.inelectricalengineeringandcom-putersciencefromMIT.BeforeattendingStanford,heworkedatIntelasalogicandcircuitdesignerontheItaniumandPentiumIIprocessors.Sincethen,hehasconsultedatSunMicrosystems,Hewlett-Packard,Evans&Sutherland,andotherdesigncompanies.David’spassionsincludeteaching,buildingchips,andexploringtheoutdoors.Whenheisnotatwork,hecanusuallybefoundhiking,mountaineering,orrockclimbing.Heparticularlyenjoyshikingwithhisson,Abraham,whowasbornatthestartofthisbookproject.Davidholdsaboutadozenpatentsandistheauthorofthreeothertextbooksonchipdesign,aswellastwoguidebookstotheSouthernCaliforniamountains.SarahL.HarrisisanassistantprofessorofengineeringatHarveyMuddCollege.ShereceivedherPh.D.andM.S.inelectricalengineeringfromStanfordUniversity.BeforeattendingStanford,shereceivedaB.S.inelec-tricalandcomputerengineeringfromBrighamYoungUniversity.SarahhasalsoworkedwithHewlett-Packard,theSanDiegoSupercomputerCenter,Nvidia,andMicrosoftResearchinBeijing.Sarahlovesteaching,exploringanddevelopingnewtechnologies,traveling,windsurfing,rockclimbing,andplayingtheguitar.Herrecentexploitsincluderesearchingsketchinginterfacesfordigitalcircuitdesign,actingasasciencecorrespondentforaNationalPublicRadioaffiliate,andlearninghowtokitesurf.Shespeaksfourlanguagesandlooksfor-wardtoaddingafewmoretothelistinthenearfuture.xviiPrefaceWhypublishyetanotherbookondigitaldesignandcomputerarchitec-ture?Therearedozensofgoodbooksinprintondigitaldesign.Therearealsoseveralgoodbooksaboutcomputerarchitecture,especiallytheclassictextsofPattersonandHennessy.Thisbookisuniqueinitstreat-mentinthatitpresentsdigitallogicdesignfromtheperspectiveofcom-puterarchitecture,startingatthebeginningwith1’sand0’s,andleadingstudentsthroughthedesignofaMIPSmicroprocessor.WehaveusedseveraleditionsofPattersonandHennessy’sComputerOrganizationandDesign(COD)formanyyearsatHa...
