HDL Synthesis Reference Texts
 

• HDL Chip Design

(A Practical Guide for Designing, Synthesizing, and Simulating ASICs and FPGAs using VHDL or Verilog)
  Douglas J. Smith. - The classic VHDL/Verilog Synthesis Textbook.

Here are some other HDL Synthesis Texts:
 

• A VHDL Synthesis Primer

  J. Bhasker; Hardcover.
 
• VHDL for Logic Synthesis

  Andrew Rushton; Hardcover.
 
• Verilog HDL Synthesis, A Practical Primer
 J. Bhasker; Hardcover.

 
• Modeling, Synthesis and Rapid Prototyping with the Verilog HDL

Michael D. Ciletti; Hardcover.
 
• Logic Synthesis Using Synopsys

For Synopsys CAD tool users
Pran Kurup, Taher Abbasi, Hardcover.
 

Other Books on VHDL (may contain non-synthesizable VHDL examples)
 

• Vhdl Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Ben Cohen; Hardcover.
 
• Vhdl Coding Styles and Methodologies

Ben Cohen; Hardcover.
 
• Designer's Guide to Vhdl
Peter J. Ashenden; Paperback.

 
• Structured Logic Design With Vhdl

James R. Armstrong, et al; Hardcover.
 
• The Student's Guide to Vhdl

Peter J. Ashenden; Paperback .
 
• Vhdl

Douglas L. Perry; Hardcover.

Sensors for Mobile Robots : Theory and Application;

H. R. Everett
 

Robots, Androids and Animatrons

John Iovine; Paperback.
 

Mobile Robots : Inspiration to Implementation;

Joseph L. Jones, et al
 

Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Robots : Case Studies of Successful Robot Systems;

David Kortenkamp(Editor), et al
 

Behavior-Based Robotics (Intelligent Robots and Autonomous Agents);

Ronald C. Arkin

Computer Architecture
 

• Computer Organization and Design : The Hardware/Software Interface

(Basis of the MIPS design in Chapter 13.) John L. Hennessy, et al; Hardcover.
 
• A Retargetable C Compiler : Design and Implementation

(A MIPS C compiler for Unix with source code) Christopher W. Fraser, et al; Hardcover.

Here are some MIPS assembly language texts:
 

• See MIPS Run -- Dominic Sweetman; Paperback

 
• Mips Risc Architecture -- Gerry Kane(Contributor), et al; Paperback

• The Mips Programmers Handbook -- Erin Farquhar, et al; Paperback

• Introduction to RISC Assembly Language Programming; John Waldron; Paperback

 

 

For more advanced pipelining and dynamic execution topics:
 

• Computer Architecture : A Quantitative Approach

David A. Patterson, et al; Hardcover.
 
• Computer Architecture: Pipelined and Parallel Processor Design

Michael J. Flynn; Hardcover
 
• The Anatomy of a High-Performance Microprocessor : A Systems Perspective

(Includes an excellent CD-ROM) Bruce D. Shriver, Bennett Smith; Hardcover.

High Speed Digital Design Techniques
 

High-Speed Digital Design

A Handbook of Black Magic; W. Johnson, Ph.D., Graham Martin, Ph.D.; Hardcover.

CAD Algorithms and FPGA/CPLD Architecture

• Synthesis and Optimization of Digital Circuits

Giovanni De Micheli; Hardcover.
 
• Logic Synthesis and Verification Algorithms

Gary D. Hachtel, Fabio Somenzi; Hardcover.
 
• Architecture and CAD for Deep-Submicron Fpgas

Vaughn Betz, et al; Hardcover.
 
• Application-Specific Integrated Circuits

Michael John Sebastian Smith; 1,026 pages; Hardcover.
 
• Digital Systems Design and Prototyping Using Field Programmable Logic

Zoran Salcic, Asim Smailagic; Hardcover.
 
• Behavioral Synthesis : Digital System Design Using the Synopsis Behavioral Compiler

(Introduction to Behavioral Synthesis) David W. Knapp;  Hardcover.

Computer Arithmetic
 

Computer Arithmetic : Algorithms and Hardware Designs

 (multiply, divide and floating point algorithms) Behrooz Parhami; Hardcover.
 

Elementary Functions : Algorithms and Implementation

(sin, cos, tan, exp, log algorithms) Jean-Michel Muller; Hardcover.

Digital Design Textbooks

• Fundamentals of Digital Logic With Vhdl Design

Stephen D. Brown, Zvonko G. Vranesic; Hardcover.

• Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals
Mano Morris, et al; Paperback.

• Contemporary Logic Design

Randy H. Katz; Hardcover.
 
• Digital Design : Principles and Practices

John F. Wakerly; Hardcover.