Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals, Third Edition [Hardcover]

M. Morris Mano (Author), Charles Kime (Author)

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Publication Date: October 1, 2003 | ISBN-10: 013140539X | ISBN-13: 978-0131405394 | Edition: 3

Providing solid digital system design fundamentals while accomplishing a gradual, bottom-up development of these fundamentals, this book focuses on the ever-evolving applications of basic computer design concepts. Treatment of logic design, digital system design, and computer design. Ideal for self-study by engineers and computer scientists.

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Providing solid digital system design fundamentals while accomplishing a gradual, bottom-up development of these fundamentals, this book focuses on the ever-evolving applications of basic computer design concepts. Treatment of logic design, digital system design, and computer design. Ideal for self-study by engineers and computer scientists.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 650 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (October 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 013140539X
• ISBN-13: 978-0131405394
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #279,469 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Because it's used in my school..., November 10, 2003

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Choon O. Kim (Fountain Valley, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals, Third Edition (Hardcover)

The only reason I would purchase this because is because it was a required book in my school. And boy, this is some really rough reading. Let me generalize, being a techinical book and a "logic" one the authors' attempt to convey a message so garbled and mismanaged it is extermely mind numbing to read. For example, here's an excerpt from the book, "We also, however, choose to treat it first so that we can clearly justify, in terms of hardware cost, that which otherwise appears bizarre and often is accepted on faith, namely, the use of complement representations in arithmetic."
Ok that wasn't so bad right? Well think about reading a few pages. Bored yet? I feel like I'm in a middle of a sunday church service and the priest is repetiously rephrasing a sentence over, and over, and over with no meaning intended.
I belive these authors should stick to what they do best. Design circuits. They fail to explain things throughly without an emphasis WHY. Also there is too much technical garble mixed up with sentences which really should be split into paragraphs. Another thing is a hefty price tag that comes with this book.
I also forgot to mention the software. The software is designed by xilinx. I've not been able to get it to run on either my laptop, or my home pc. During lab hours at my school the schematic editor has been nothing but buggy. The software would at times erase my circuits, files wont save, etc. I find myself rewriting circuits 5 to 6 times just to rid of bugs that just seem to appear. If this book wasn't used in my classroom I'd recommend avioding it. NOt only is this book well over 100 dollars new and/or used the authors do a terrible job conveying technical data into a well formed, understandable structure we REAL humans can understand.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I would rate lower if a lower rating existed, October 3, 2004

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Michael Tovbin (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals, Third Edition (Hardcover)

I have this book because it is requred for the course in computer architecture I am taking. In addition to the stuff the other guys above wrote which is all true, it has the infuriating habit of placing figures overleaf the explanation for the figures.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Look elsewhere, November 10, 2005

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P. Bailey (Marine, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals, Third Edition (Hardcover)

If this book is required for your class, PLEASE buy a different book. This book offers little to no explanation of key topics, is very poorly written, and is hard to follow. In many cases, you will be better off simply reading Wikipedia. If you go to a school that requires this book, I would advise you to write angry letters to the people who decided to use it until they submit to your whim. By choosing this book, they have ruined an entire semester of class for you. How does that make you feel?