PPT Slide
What is design?
- given a specification of a problem, come up with a way of solving it choosing appropriately from a collection of available components
- while meeting some criteria for size, cost, robustness, beauty, elegance, etc.
What is logic design?
- determining the collection of digital logic components to perform a specified control and/or data manipulation and/or communication function and the interconnections between them
- which logic components to choose? – there are many implementation technologies (e.g., off-the-shelf fixed-function components, programmable devices, transistors on a chip, etc.)
- the design may need to be optimized and/or transformed to meet design constraints