Publisher's Synopsis
The aim of Professor Mange in writing this book is to show how a bridge can be built between computer hardware and software using the concept of firmware.;Central to the author's approach is the idea of equivalence between hardwired logic systems (hardware) and microprograms (software). This equivalence is demonstrated by the use of the binary decision tree. Both hardware and software are represented mathematically by algorithms. Any combinational algorithm can be represented by such a tree, and the tree can be implemented in hardware or in software terms.;This book should be of interest to students, teachers, researchers and practitioners, whether they are approaching the subject of firmware from a hardware or software background.
