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Essentials of Computer Architecture Douglas E. Comer

Essentials of Computer Architecture By Douglas E. Comer

Essentials of Computer Architecture by Douglas E. Comer

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Focuses on the essentials of computer architecture for programmers. This book covers its various aspects from the low-level building blocks to system-level architectures, and explains the interface between hardware and software. It also includes sections on assembly language, virtual memory, caching, microcode, and device driver software.

Essentials of Computer Architecture Summary

Essentials of Computer Architecture: United States Edition by Douglas E. Comer

Essentials of Computer Architecture is ideal for undergraduate courses in computer architecture and organization.

Douglas Comer takes a clear, concise approach to computer architecture that readers love. By exploring the fundamental concepts from a programmer s perspective and explaining programming consequences, this unique text covers exactly the material students need to understand and construct efficient and correct programs for modern hardware.

About Douglas E. Comer

Douglas E. Comer is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University and a Fellow of the ACM. Comer has experience with both hardware and software. He has created many low-level software systems including TCP/IP protocol software, compilers, device drivers, and an operating system. At Bell Labs, he built a VLSI chip. As a member of the IAB, he participated in the formation of the Internet, and he is considered a leading authority on computer-related topics. A pioneer in the development of curriculum and laboratories for research and education, his popular books have been translated into 16 languages. Comer consults for industry, and has lectured to thousands of professional engineers and students around the world. He is editor-in-chief of the journal Software: Practice and Experience.

Table of Contents

(NOTE: All chapters begin with an Introduction and end with a Summary.)

1. Introduction And Overview.

PART I. BASICS.

2. Fundamentals of Digital Logic.

3. Data and Program Representation.

PART II. PROCESSORS.

4. The Variety of Processors and Computational.

5. Processor Types and Instruction Sets.

6. Operand Addressing and Instruction Representation.

7. CPUs: Microcode, Protection, and Processor Modes.

8. Assembly Languages and Programming Paradigm.

PART III. MEMORIES.

9. Memory and Storage.

10. Physical Memory and Physical Addressing.

11. Virtual Memory Technologies and Virtual.

12. Caches and Caching.

PART IV. I/O.

13. Input / Output Concepts and Terminology.

14. Buses and Bus Architectures.

15. Programmed and Interrupt-Driven I/O.

16. A Programmers View of Devices, I/O, and Buffering.

PART V. ADVANCED TOPICS.

17. Parallelism.

18. Pipelining.

19. Assessing Performance.

20. Architecture Examples and Hierarchy.

Appendix 1. Lab Exercises Fora Computer Architecture Course.

Bibliography.

Index.

Additional information

GOR002913284
9780131491793
0131491792
Essentials of Computer Architecture: United States Edition by Douglas E. Comer
Douglas E. Comer
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Pearson Education (US)
2004-09-17
400
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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