{"product_id":"b001idzrzg","title":"Digital Circuit Design for Computer Science Students: An Introductory Textbook","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book emerged from lecture notes of a course taught in the second year to students of Computer Science at the Federal Institute of Tech­ nology, Zurich. The topic of hardware design plays a relatively minor role in Compu­ ter Science curricula at many universities. Most courses concentrate on the various aspects of theory, software, and of information sys­ tems. Students therefore obtain few opportunities to deal with con­ crete engineering problems and physical devices. We consider this as rather unfortunate, particularly for technical universities. As a result, we observe a growing gap between interest in and understanding of design issues involving not only software but also hardware and inter­ faces. This is regrettable at a time when new and advanced solutions to many problems are often crucially influenced by recent hardware de­ velopments, at a time when the engineer needs to be competent in both software and hardware issues in order to fmd an optimally inte­ grated, competitive solution. It turns out that the hesitation of many students in Computer Science to take an active interest in hardware - his or her daily tool! - does not only stem from a preference of clean, abstract concepts with a corre­ sponding distaste for dealing with concrete components, construction techniques, and the dirty realities inflicted by nature, but also stems from the lack of a bridge between the two realms.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":67933962567716,"sku":"YSL31496","price":28.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/2614\/7620\/files\/614xY2pHKXL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793246056","url":"https:\/\/booktavero.com\/products\/b001idzrzg","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}