Digital Design and Fabrication (eBook)

After nearly six years as the field's leading reference, the second edition of the award-winning Computer Engineering Handbook reemerges with completely updated content and a brand new, two-volume format. Part of this monumental revision, Digital Design and Fabrication surveys the latest advances in computer architecture and design and the technologies used to manufacture and test them. Featuring contributions from leading experts, the book also includes a new section on memory and storage as well as new chapters on semiconductor memory circuits and nonvolatile memory technologies and applications. Nearly every chapter features extensively updated information that reflects new developments, trends, standards, and technologies.

---

In response to tremendous growth and new technologies in the semiconductor industry, this volume is organized into five, information-rich sections. Digital Design and Fabrication surveys the latest advances in computer architecture and design as well as the technologies used to manufacture and test them. Featuring contributions from leading experts, the book also includes a new section on memory and storage in addition to a new chapter on nonvolatile memory technologies.Developing advanced concepts, this sharply focused book- Describes new technologies that have become driving factors for the electronic industry Includes new information on semiconductor memory circuits, whose development best illustrates the phenomenal progress encountered by the fabrication and technology sector Contains a section dedicated to issues related to system power consumption Describes reliability and testability of computer systems Pinpoints trends and state-of-the-art advances in fabrication and CMOS technologies Describes performance evaluation measures, which are the bottom line from the user's point of view Discusses design techniques used to create modern computer systems, including high-speed computer arithmetic and high-frequency design, timing and clocking, and PLL and DLL design