ABSTRACT
The organization of a simple computer (ASC) provided in Chapter 5 is the programmer’s view of the machine. We illustrate the complete hardware design of ASC in this chapter. Assume that the design follows the sequence of eight steps:
In practice, design of a digital computer is an iterative process. A decision made early in the design process may have to be altered to suit some parameter at a later step. For example, instruction and data formats may have to be changed to accommodate a better data or instruction ow-path design.
