Contents Contents.................................................................................................................................................................... Preface................................................................................................................................................................... Chapter 1 Designing Microprocessors...................................................................................... 1.1 Overview of a Microprocessor....................................................................................................................... 1.2 Design Abstraction Levels.............................................................................................................................. 1.3 Examples of a 2-to-1 Multiplexer................................................................................................................... 1.3.1 Behavioral Level.................................................................................................................................... 1.3.2 Gate Level.............................................................................................................................................. 1.3.3 Transistor Level..................................................................................................................................... 1.4 Introduction to VHDL.................................................................................................................................... 1.5 Synthesis....................................................................................................................................................... 1.6 Going Forward.............................................................................................................................................. 1.7 Summary Checklist.................................