Featuring contributions from leading experts, this book also includes a new section on memory and storage in addition to a new chapter in nonvolatile memory technology. ? Developing advanced concepts, this book focuses sharply? Explaining the new technology that has become a driving factor for the electronics industry includes new information on semiconductor memory circuits, which best describes the progress of the phenomenal growth faced by the sector, fabrication and technology Contains sections dedicated to issues related to system power consumption and reliability Explaining testability of the computer system spots a trend and progress of state-of-the-art fabrication technology and CMOS Explaining the performance evaluation measures, which is the bottom line of good user interface design Discusses the techniques used to create the modern computer systems, including high speed? computer arithmetic and the design of high frequency, timing and clocking, and PLL and DLL designs