1. Introduction Digital Computer Design Instructor: Kasım Sinan YILDIRIM

2. Course Objectives Understand what’s under the hood of a computer Learn the principles of digital design Learn FPGA based design tools Design and build a simple microprocessor 224 Digital Computer Design

3. Digital Logic Deals with building blocks of digital systems (Intel) ?

4. What are Logic Gates built from? Digital building blocks Transistor

5. Chip complexity Submicron and nanoscale dimensions (AMD X4 Proc: 758 million transistors; photo: Sc. Am, Jan. 2010)

6. World of the Small 5 layers of interconnections Logic Level Circuit Level Chip level

7. Moore’s Law Chip complexity doubles every two years

8. How to Design such complex systems? Make Abstractions Divide and Conquer Reuse previous designs

9. Hierarchy –A system divided into modules and submodules Modularity –Having well-defined functions and interfaces Regularity –Encouraging uniformity, so modules can be easily reused The Three -Y’s

10. Results (design productivity) Effort (EDA tool effort) Transistor entry Schematic entry Synthesis What’s next? Electronic Design Automation (EDA)

11. Simple Processor