Bit-Slice Design: Controllers and ALUs  by Donnamaie E. White
Copyright © 1996, 2001, 2002 Donnamaie E. White    Table of
Contents  1. Introduction  2. Simple Controllers  3. Adding
Programming Support to the Controller  4. Refining the CCU  5.
Evolution of the ALU  6. The ALU and Basic Arithmetic  7. Tying
the System Together      Last Edit November 4, 1996; July 7,
2001  Table of Contents Term Glossary  This text has been
compiled from the popular Customer Education Seminar, ED2900A,
Introduction to the Am2900 Family, offered by AMD (Advanced
Micro Devices) in the 1980s. No attempt was made to duplicate
all of the material presented in the customer seminar. The
intent was to present a true "introduction" for the
undergraduate hardware or software student that could be covered
in one quarter or semester. The ED2900A seminar assumed that the
attendee either has a background in assembly level programming
or has a background in SSI/MSI design. This text also makes this
assumption. [Read: if you do not know wha