COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH

Download or read book COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH written by Murdocca and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Market_Desc: · Computer Engineers· Systems Administrators Special Features: · Connects the programmer's view of a computer system with the architecture of the underlying machine.· Describes network architectures, focusing on both local area networks and wide area networks.· Explores advanced architectural features that have either emerged or taken · Places topics into perspective by introducing case studies in every chapter About The Book: Taking an integrated approach, this book addresses the great diversity of areas that a computer professional must know. It exposes the inner workings of the modern digital computer at a level that demystifies what goes on inside the machine. Throughout the pages, the authors focus on the instruction set architecture (ISA), the coverage of network-related topics, and the programming methodology. Each topic is discussed in the context of the entire machine and how the implementation affects behavior.