• Digital Signal Processing with Field Programmable Gate Arrays (Signals and Communication Technology) | | | |
• Multirate Signal Processing for Communication Systems | | | |
• Understanding Digital Signal Processing (2nd Edition) | | | |
• CMOS VLSI Design: A Circuits and Systems Perspective (3rd Edition) | | | |
• System Design with SystemC | | | |

Not a good DSP book
Review written by: M. Anderson From San Diego, CA
I spent a lot of money on this book and was very disappointed. The book is marginal at best and did nothing to help me implement a real world DSP algorithm. More University propaganda to confuse students. Its really a shame that professors get paid to make things more confusing than necessary. Ive been writing HDL code for over 12 years and given the rave reviews of this book thought it might add to my library. It did not. It is very poorly organized and the DSP explanations are weak and confusing. If you really want to understand how to implement a DSP algorithm using an HDL (verilog/vhdl), save your money and purchase the best DSP book available by Richard Lyons. There is no better DSP book out there, and you will never see it used by a professor. Perhaps the Steve Smith Guide to DSP book or free online version (gotta love the guy for that). Then go out and and get a free student copy of ModelSim or ActiveHDL, buy yourself a burger, start writing some code based off tutorials, and thank me for not letting you waste your money on this book. And of course if you end up doing this for a career, support your EDA tool vendors!

Great book for VLSI DSP
Review written by: A.SenthilKumar From INDIA
It is very nice book, all the areas are explained in a very clear manner. This is an example for How the book should be!!!

Detailed,and thorough,an excellent book
Review written by: S. I. Xefteris From Athens, Attiki Greece
Though being a beginner in VLSI systems,this book helped me get the grip in subjects I considered extremely difficult to grasp.It is well written,with many real-life examples and offers the reader wide range of knowledge . I think it is not only useful but absolutely indispensable for students and professional engineers alike .

Required Text for Digital Signal Processing Designers
If you're a communications system architect or designer, this is a required text for the efficient implementation of modern DSP algorithms.

Having the text for a few months, a group of us have already applied techniques offered in the text in VHDL.

The first chapters cover pipelining, parallel processing, retiming, folding and unfolding theory. These chapters are necessary to really understand DSP optimization concepts. I have not found another text where these concepts are discussed.

The text is positioned well between a pure analytic text, and a "cookbook." Some personal effort is required to code a technique, but this shouldn't be difficult for someone using MATLAB. Once modeled and simulated, the implementer should be able to translate the high level code into VHDL, Verilog, or a programmable DSP such as the TI TMS320 in "C."

Personally, I found Dr. Prahi's discussion of fixed point quantization by canonic signed digit format very useful.

An example problem is provided with each technique to enhance understanding.

Best book of its kind...I love it!!!!!!!!!!!
I recomend this book to any DSP or Digital Communication student or proffesional!!. It is clear and full with detailed explanation, FIR, IIR, Polyphase Filters etc, etc, etc. Chao!!