Sajjan G. Shiva Boeken

Suitable for a one- or two-semester undergraduate or beginning graduate course in computer science and computer engineering, Computer Organization, Design, and Architecture, Fourth Edition presents the operating principles, capabilities, and limitations of digital computers to enable development of complex yet efficient systems. With 40% updated material and four new chapters, this edition takes students through a solid, up-to-date exploration of single- and multiple-processor systems, embedded architectures, and performance evaluation. New to the Fourth EditionAdditional material that covers the ACM/IEEE computer science and engineering curricula More coverage on computer organization, embedded systems, networks, and performance evaluation Expanded discussions of RISC, CISC, VLIW, and parallel/pipelined architectures The latest information on integrated circuit technologies and devices, memory hierarchy, and storage Updated examples, references, and problems Supplying appendices with relevant details of integrated circuits reprinted from vendors' manuals, this book provides all of the necessary information to program and design a computer system.

This unique and proven text provides a hands-on introduction to the design of a computer system-depicting, step by step, the arrangement of a simple but complete hypothetical computer followed by detailed architectural features of existing computer systems as enhancements to the structure of the simple computer. Changes in the Third Edition of Computer Design and Architecture include updates to reflect contemporary organizations and devices new technologies and devices in combinatorial and integrated circuits new technologies in sequential circuits new technologies in memory and storage the latest architecture examples contemporary memory hierarchy concepts Ideal for one- or two-semester courses With end-of-chapter summaries, references, and problems, as well as over 250 drawings and tables, Computer Design and Architecture, Third Edition is a classroom-tested text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in electrical and computer engineering and computer science taking design courses such as Computer Systems Design, Computer Hardware Design, Computer Architecture, Computer Organization, and Assembly Language Programming.