This book is designed to facilitate a thorough understanding of fundamental principles without requiring readers to memorize an excess of confusing technological details. Rather than focusing on techniques for one particular phase of design, it covers the complete design process, from specification to manufacturing.
A fantastic journey from 1s and 0s to a segmented processor. It covers at least 4 courses from an engineering major (Boolean algebra, combinational components, registers and processors)
The text is clear, does not abuse math and has many exercises and examples.
Probably not suitable for reading it cover to cover unless you want to refresh come concepts from college
I am not sure who the audience for this book is. The beginning chapters are obviously geared toward beginners, but the later chapters are quite complex - a remarkable range for a book under 400 pages. The book does a very poor job clearly explaining advanced topics.