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Chapter 1

• translators - assembler + compiler + interpreter
• instruction set architecture (ISA)
• moore’s law
• base10 - decimal, base2 - binary, base16 - hexadecimal
• negative numbers _ sign-magnitude + twos-complement + sign extension & truncation

Chapter 2

• transistors _ n-type and p-type
• cmos notation
• logic gates
• universal gates _ nand + nor
• hide complexity in logic gates through abstraction
• multiplexer - MUXtoProceed
• logic symbols & notationtoProceed
• logic implementation _ from truth tables to logic circuits

Chapter 3

• Combinational circuits
• equality comparators using XOR
• multiplexer - MUX
  • 2-to-1 MUX
  • 4-to-1 MUX
• decoder
• encoder