Design of a digital computer

System designspecifications & properties of the system

Logic designtranslate specifications to hardware implementation

Circuit designspecifies the components for logic circuits, memory circuits, power supplies etc.

The design process

Decomposition of the computer into registers

Specification of computer instructions Formulation of timing & control network Listing of register transfer operations Design of processor section Design of Control section

CPUMicro-processor

Memory &Storage

Input & Output

A digital computer

Block diagram of a digital computer