Harris, S., Harris, D., Digital Design and Computer Architecture - ARM Edition, Morgan Kaufmann, Waltham, MA, 2016, ISBN: 978-0-12-800056-4

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WEEK	MAJOR TOPIC	TEXTBOOK READING	TEXTBOOK PRACTICE PROBLEMS
1	Latches and Flip Flops	C3.1 - C3.2.8, Memory Review Sheet	2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10c,
2	Finite State Machine Basics	Lecture 1 Lecture 2 C3.3.2 - C3.4.1	18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 30
3	VHDL Descriptions	C4.4 - C4.6	24, 32
4	Alternative State Encodings	C3.4.2	try 19, 20, 22, and 23 as one-hot or gray encodings
5	Advanced VHDL FSM design techniques	C3.4.3	25
6	Timing Characteristics	C3.5 - C3.5.5	33, 34
7	Counters	C5.4.1, lecture notes	4-bit versions of 47, 48, and 49; 3.27, 3.28
8	Multibyte Memories	C5.5 - C5.5.8	55
9	Special Purpose Datapath Design	lecture notes	none
10	Special Purpose Datapath Design	lecture notes	none
11	FINAL EXAM	comprehensive textook review	none