01.Designing a microprocessor

Chapter 1 − Designing a Microprocessor

Index

A

Abstraction level. See Design abstraction levels.

B

Behavioral level (VHDL), 5

See also Design abstraction levels. .

C

Combinational circuit, 3

Control unit. See Finite state machine.

D

Dataflow level (VHDL), 8

See also Design abstraction levels. Datapath, 2

Design abstraction levels, 5 behavioral level, 5

gate level, 5 register-transfer level, 5

RTL. See Register-transfer level. transistor level, 5

F

Field programmable gate array, 9 Finite state machine, 3

FPGA. See Field programmable gate array. FSM. See Finite state machine.

G

Gate, 3

Gate level, 5, 6

See also Design abstraction levels.

L

Logic gate, 3

Logic symbol, 5

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M

Microprocessor, 2

N

Netlist, 9

Next-state logic, 3

See also Finite state machine.

O

Output logic, 3

See also Finite state machine.

R

Register-transfer level, 5

See also Design abstraction levels.

RTL. See Register-transfer level.

S

Sequential circuit, 3

State memory, 3

See also Finite state machine.

Structural level (VHDL), 8

See also Design abstraction levels.

Synthesis, 9

Synthesizer, 9

T

Transistor, 3

Transistor level, 5, 7

See also Design abstraction levels.

V

VHDL, 7 behavioral level, 6 dataflow level, 8 structural level, 9

Microprocessor Design – Principles and Practices with VHDL

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