Computer Systems Architecture Rob Williams

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Intended for students of Computer Science or Engineering, this title aims to lay the foundations for more detailed courses on Networking. It provides a description of ARM and Itanium processors and an introduction to the field of data communications. It also offers coverage of MPEG algorithms for audio and video compression in portable devices.

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Computer Systems Architecture: a Networking Approach by Rob Williams

The first Computer Architecture text to recognize that computers are now predinantly used in a networking environment, fully updated to include new technologies and with an all new chapter on Distributed Computing.

Preface Preface to the first edition Recommended lab sessions Part 1 Basic functions and facilities of a computer 1 Introduction: the hardware-software interface 2 The von Neumann inheritance 3 Functional units and the fetch-execute cycle 4 Building computers from logic: the control unit 5 Building computers from logic: the ALU 6 Building computers from logic: the memory 7 The Intel Pentium CPU 8 Subroutines 9 Simple input and output 10 Serial connections 11 Parallel connections 12 The memory hierarchy Part 2 Networking and increased complexity 13 The programmer's viewpoint 14 Local area networks 15 Wide area networks 16 Other networks 17 Introduction to operating systems 18 Windows XP 19 Filing systems 20 Visual output 21 RISC processors: ARM and SPARC 22 VLIW processors: the EPIC Itanium 23 Parallel processing Appendix: MS Visual Studo 8, Express Edition Glossary Answers to end-of-chapter questions References Index

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ISBN 13

9780321340795

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0321340795

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Computer Systems Architecture: a Networking Approach by Rob Williams

Author

Rob Williams

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Pearson Education (US)

Year published

20061101

Number of pages

744

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Computer Systems Architecture Rob Williams

Computer Systems Architecture by Rob Williams

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Computer Systems Architecture Summary

Computer Systems Architecture: a Networking Approach by Rob Williams

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