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xxiv PREFACE

Alternative architecture — use of MUXs, decoders, PLDs; the one-hot method
(Sections 13.1 through 13.3, Section 13.5)
The controller, data path, and functional partition and system-level design
(Sections 13.6 and 13.7)
Review

EXAM #3 and/or FINAL

Though the subject coverage for EXAM #3 in course sample outline [3] seems large in
proportion to those required for EXAM #2, a close inspection will indicate that the number
of sections are the same. The sections required for EXAM #1 number about half that of the
other two.

The Quarter System
Not all courses at colleges and universities are operated on a semester basis. Some are
operated on the quarter system. This requires that the course subject areas be divided up
in some logical and effective manner, which may require that both combinational and
sequential machines be covered within a given quarter course. As a guide to subject area
planning on the quarter system when using this text, the following quarter system may be
considered (refer to sample course outlines [1] and [2]):

First Quarter

Block I
EXAM#1
Block II
EXAM #2

Second Quarter
Block III
EXAM #1
Block IV
EXAM #2

Third Quarter

Block V
EXAM #1
Block VI
EXAM #2

Fourth Quarter (if applicable)

Chapters 14 and 15
EXAM #1
Chapter 16
PROJECT and/or EXAM #2