Essentials of Computer Architecture (IE-Paperback)

Description:

This text focuses on the essentials of computer architecture for programmers.  It covers all aspects from the low-level building blocks to system-level architectures, and succinctly explains the interface between hardware and software.  Sections on assembly language, virtual memory, caching, microcode, and device driver software provide critical insight into how programmers can design efficient, elegant, and reliable software.

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1　Introduction and Overview

PART I　Basics

• Chapter 2　Fundamentals of Digital Logic

• Chapter 3　Data and Program Representation

PART II　Processors

• Chapter 4　The Variety of Processors and Computational  Engines

• Chapter 5　Processor Types and Instruction Sets

• Chapter 6　Operand Addressing and Instruction Representation

• Chapter 7　CPUs: Microcode, Protection, and Processor Modes

• Chapter 8　Assembly Languages and Programming Paradigm

PART III　Memories

• Chapter 9　Memory and Storage

• Chapter10　Physical Memory and Physical Addressing

• Chapter11　Virtual Memory Technologies and Virtual Addressing

• Chapter12　Caches and Caching

PART IV　I/O

• Chapter13　Input/Output Concepts and Terminology

• Chapter14　Buses and Bus Architectures

• Chapter15　Programmed and Interrupt-Driven I/O

• Chapter16　A Programmer's View of Devices, I/O, and Buffering

PART V　Advanced Topics

• Chapter17　Parallelism

• Chapter18　Pipelining

• Chapter19　Assessing Performance

• Chapter20　Architecture Examples and Hierarchy

• Appendix 1　Lab Exercises for A Computer Architecture Course