Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Betrayal

New York Times bestselling author Eric Van Lustbader bring another pulse-pounding Jason Bourne thriller as Bourne's last friend in the world goes missing and Bourne will do another to bring him home.
Already devastated by loss, Bourne is shattered by a report that his last friend in the world, Martin Lindros has gone missing. A CI deputy director, Lindros was in Ethiopia tracking suspicious shipments of yellowcake uranium and atomic bomb weaponry. His last lifeline to humanity, Bourne will not let Lindros go. Despite his hatred for CI, Bourne sets out to rescue his friend and finish the job: dismantling a terrorist network determined to build nuclear armaments by cutting off their source of money. But Bourne doesn't realize that these men, Islamic supremacists, are leaders of an incredibly dangerous, technologically savvy group with ties from Africa, across the Middle East, and into Eastern Europe and Russia. They have predicted Bourne's every move, and are counting on his unwitting help in their plans to destroy America.

Eric Van Lustbader is most widely known as the New York Times bestselling author of twenty international bestselling thrillers including Ninja and Black Heart. He is also the author of two successful and highly regarded series of fantasy novels, The Sunset Warrior Cycle and The Pearl Saga. His novels have been translated into over twenty languages. Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-seven novels, each one a New York Times bestseller. There are more than 225 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. He is the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and the Jason Bourne series -- The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum -- among others. Mr. Ludlum passed away in March 2001. To learn more, visit www.Robert-Ludlum.com.

Embedded SoPC design with Nios II processor and VHDL examples An SoPC (system on a programmable chip) integrates a processor, memory modules, I/O peripherals, and custom hardware accelerators into a single FPGA (field-programmable gate array) device. In addition to the customized software, customized hardware can be developed and incorporated into the embedded system as well. The new flexibility allows us to configure the soft-core processor, create tailored I/O interfaces, and develop specialized hardware accelerators for computation-intensive tasks. As these technologies have matured, they have gradually become mainstream practice, and it is now possible to use a PC and an inexpensive FPGA prototyping board to construct a complex digital system. This book uses a "learn by doing" approach and illustrates the hardware and software design and development process by a series of examples. An Altera FPGA prototyping board and its Nios II soft-core processor are used for this purpose. The emphasis of the book is on hardware design and integration, and the book is divided into four major parts: Part I covers HDL and synthesis of custom hardware Part II introduces the Nios II processor and provides an overview of embedded software development Part III demonstrates the design and development of hardware and software of several complex I/O peripherals, including a PS2 keyboard and mouse, a graphic video controller, an audio codec, and an SD (secure digital) card Part IV provides several case studies of the integration of hardware accelerators, including a custom GCD (greatest common divisor) circuit, a Mandelbrot set fractal circuit, and an audio synthesizer based on DDFS (direct digital frequency synthesis) methodology The examples are realistic projects and can be implemented and tested on the board. Some can be used as basic IP cores to be incorporated into more sophisticated systems. An embedded SoPC utilizes both customized software and hardware and is a very powerful design paradigm. However, its design and development require knowledge of several computer engineering disciplines and involves an array of software tools. While it is rewarding, the learning can be a long and winding journey. The book shows the trailhead and guides readers through the initial steps to exploit the full potential of this emerging methodology.

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