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Major microprocessors: a unified approach using CALM
R& D reports Design-for-testability practices are suffering because of management's fear of commitment to a costly testing program, claims Parker. Prominent barriers to accepting DFT are discussed, and testability standards are considered briefly.
VLSI Brofferio, S and Taliercio, M 'PLA implementation of a differential predictive coder for digital television signals' Integration Vol 4 No 4 (December 1986) pp 331-343 Comput-Aided Des. Vol 18 No 9 (November 1986) Bryant, P K and Muroga, S 'Automated design of MOS circuits and layout' pp 489-496 Maher, M A C and Mead, C A 'Modelling and simulation integrated circuits' pp 472-477
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Moss, S D 'FSL: a fast structured logic design methodology for high speed GaAs digital integrated circuits' pp 478-480 Nelson, B E, Morrell, D R, Read, C J and Smith, K F 'PPL integrated circuit design methodology' pp 481-488 Path programmable logic (PPL) is one IC design methodology that, the authors claim, offers small layout areas, reduced design time and some technology independence. The method consists of placing predefined cells together to form logic and layout simultaneously. Reddi, R and Chen, C 'Hierarchical timing verification system' pp 467-471 In synchronous systems, the maximum clock speed is determined by the 'critical' path, i.e. the slowest of all possible signal propagation paths during a machine cycle. The timing verification system proposed is based on critical path analysis, using timing analysis tools to find the critical paths in the design of large systems. Soong, N and Palel, A 'Wirability expert system' pp 497-501
Vol 11 No 3 April 1987
Books received These books have been received recently by the Editorial Office. They may be reviewed in later issues. Dixon, A C and Antonakos, l Digital electronics with microprocessor applications Wiley, New York, NY, USA (1987) £29.95 pp 770 Feilmeier, M, Joubert, G and Schendel, U (eds) Parallel computing '85 North Holland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1986) $83.25, Dfl 225 pp 550 Proceedings of the second international conference on Parallel Computing held in Berlin, FRG, in September 1985. Over 60 papers in sections on algorithms, applications, programming, and the structure of fifth-generation computers.
Griffiths, l M fed.) Local telecommunications 2 - into the digital era lEE, Stevenage, UK (1986) £27.00 pp 303 Considers the impact of technology and politics on telecommunications. In 17 contributions, the book covers 'aspects of telecommunications between the customer (both human and computer) and the periphery of the local exchange'; also LANs and ISDN.
Hollingum, l The MAP report IFS (Publications) Ltd, Bedford, UK; Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, FRG (1986) £75.00 $125.00 pp 155 Hopgood, F R A, Duce, D A, Gallop, J R and Sutclifie, D C Introduction to the graphical kernel system (GKS) (2nd edition) Academic Press, London, UK (July 1986) £15.00 pp 264 Jesshope, C and Moore, W (eds) Wafer scale integration Adam Hilger, Bristol, UK (1986) £27.50 pp 286 Edited proceedings of a workshop held in Southampton, UK, in July 1985 (26 papers)
Johnson, T and Durham, T Parallel processing: the challenge of new computer architectures Ovum, London, UK (1986) £320, $495 pp 460 Marlin, C Programming the NS32000 AddisonWesley, Wokingham, UK (1987) £14.95 pp 250 Messer, P and Marshall, I MODULA-2: constructive program development Blackwell, Oxford, UK (1986) £14.95 pp 551
Moore, W, McCabe, A and Urquhart, R (eds) Systolic arrays Adam Hilger, Bristol, UK (1987) £22.00 pp 346 Presents 30 papers from the first international workshop on Systolic Arrays held in Oxford, during July 1986. The papers cover major aspects of systolic arrays, including design methodologies, simulation and formal synthesis, algorithms and architectures, and applications.
Nicoud, J D and Wagner, F Major microprocessors: a unified approach using CALM NorthHolland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1987) $72.00, Dfl 180 pp 348 Ould, M A and Unwin, C Testing in software development Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (1986)£9.95, $16.95 pp 134 Tocci, R l and Laskowski, I. P Microprocessors and microcomputers: hardware and software (3rd edition) Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA (1987) $37.95 pp 496 Warwick, K and Rees, D (eds) Industrial digital control systems lEE, Stevenage, UK (1986) £35.00 pp 455 Introduction to the techniques used in the design and implementation of digital control systems, based on an annual vacation school held in Oxford, UK (21 contributions)
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VLSI Brofferio, S and Taliercio, M 'PLA implementation of a differential predictive coder for digital television signals' Integration Vol 4 No 4 (December 1986) pp 331-343 Comput-Aided Des. Vol 18 No 9 (November 1986) Bryant, P K and Muroga, S 'Automated design of MOS circuits and layout' pp 489-496 Maher, M A C and Mead, C A 'Modelling and simulation integrated circuits' pp 472-477
of
Moss, S D 'FSL: a fast structured logic design methodology for high speed GaAs digital integrated circuits' pp 478-480 Nelson, B E, Morrell, D R, Read, C J and Smith, K F 'PPL integrated circuit design methodology' pp 481-488 Path programmable logic (PPL) is one IC design methodology that, the authors claim, offers small layout areas, reduced design time and some technology independence. The method consists of placing predefined cells together to form logic and layout simultaneously. Reddi, R and Chen, C 'Hierarchical timing verification system' pp 467-471 In synchronous systems, the maximum clock speed is determined by the 'critical' path, i.e. the slowest of all possible signal propagation paths during a machine cycle. The timing verification system proposed is based on critical path analysis, using timing analysis tools to find the critical paths in the design of large systems. Soong, N and Palel, A 'Wirability expert system' pp 497-501
Vol 11 No 3 April 1987
Books received These books have been received recently by the Editorial Office. They may be reviewed in later issues. Dixon, A C and Antonakos, l Digital electronics with microprocessor applications Wiley, New York, NY, USA (1987) £29.95 pp 770 Feilmeier, M, Joubert, G and Schendel, U (eds) Parallel computing '85 North Holland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1986) $83.25, Dfl 225 pp 550 Proceedings of the second international conference on Parallel Computing held in Berlin, FRG, in September 1985. Over 60 papers in sections on algorithms, applications, programming, and the structure of fifth-generation computers.
Griffiths, l M fed.) Local telecommunications 2 - into the digital era lEE, Stevenage, UK (1986) £27.00 pp 303 Considers the impact of technology and politics on telecommunications. In 17 contributions, the book covers 'aspects of telecommunications between the customer (both human and computer) and the periphery of the local exchange'; also LANs and ISDN.
Hollingum, l The MAP report IFS (Publications) Ltd, Bedford, UK; Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, FRG (1986) £75.00 $125.00 pp 155 Hopgood, F R A, Duce, D A, Gallop, J R and Sutclifie, D C Introduction to the graphical kernel system (GKS) (2nd edition) Academic Press, London, UK (July 1986) £15.00 pp 264 Jesshope, C and Moore, W (eds) Wafer scale integration Adam Hilger, Bristol, UK (1986) £27.50 pp 286 Edited proceedings of a workshop held in Southampton, UK, in July 1985 (26 papers)
Johnson, T and Durham, T Parallel processing: the challenge of new computer architectures Ovum, London, UK (1986) £320, $495 pp 460 Marlin, C Programming the NS32000 AddisonWesley, Wokingham, UK (1987) £14.95 pp 250 Messer, P and Marshall, I MODULA-2: constructive program development Blackwell, Oxford, UK (1986) £14.95 pp 551
Moore, W, McCabe, A and Urquhart, R (eds) Systolic arrays Adam Hilger, Bristol, UK (1987) £22.00 pp 346 Presents 30 papers from the first international workshop on Systolic Arrays held in Oxford, during July 1986. The papers cover major aspects of systolic arrays, including design methodologies, simulation and formal synthesis, algorithms and architectures, and applications.
Nicoud, J D and Wagner, F Major microprocessors: a unified approach using CALM NorthHolland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1987) $72.00, Dfl 180 pp 348 Ould, M A and Unwin, C Testing in software development Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (1986)£9.95, $16.95 pp 134 Tocci, R l and Laskowski, I. P Microprocessors and microcomputers: hardware and software (3rd edition) Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA (1987) $37.95 pp 496 Warwick, K and Rees, D (eds) Industrial digital control systems lEE, Stevenage, UK (1986) £35.00 pp 455 Introduction to the techniques used in the design and implementation of digital control systems, based on an annual vacation school held in Oxford, UK (21 contributions)
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