Chapters cover semiconductor materials, thermal properties, semiconductors, metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, integrated circuits,
digital logic families, memory devices, microprocessors, D/A and A/D converters, application-specific integrated circuits, digital filters, multichip module technology, testing of integrated circuits, semiconductor failure modes, fundamental computer architecture, software design and development, neural networks and fuzzy systems, machine vision, speech enhancement, ad hoc networks, network communication, printing technologies and systems, data storage systems, optical storage systems, and error correction.
The coverage is not comprehensive, but it is wide ranging, addressing
digital logic, machine language, artificial intelligence, computational models, object-oriented programming, robots, algorithm analysis, and applications of evolutionary biology to computer science.
Intended by Reese (electrical and computer engineering, Mississippi State U.) as an introduction to microprocessors and microcontrollers for the student or hobbyist, this text first reviews
digital logic concepts and introduces computer architecture fundamentals.