CPU & VHDL Resources: 2 Books on Digital/CPU : Computer Systems Organization & Architecture, John Carpinelli, Addison Wesley excellent, I use it a lot for this module but, there's only a little VHDL in it. Digital Design, Principles & Practices, J. Wakerly, Prentice Hall v. good digital cookbook with some Verilog &VHDL Has just been republished; 4th Edition, 45 ukp lots of them in the library :) but only 3rd Ed. Computer Systems Design & Architecture, V. Heuring & H. Jordan, Addison Wesley Could be good for Advanced CPU Architecture (lvl 3) Again, use the library.