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Computer Organisation and Architecture
An Introduction
- 296 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
This book describes how a computer works and explains how the various hardware components are organized and interconnected to provide a platform upon which programs can be executed. It takes a simple, step-by-step approach suitable for first year undergraduates coming to the subject for the first time. The second edition of this book has been thoroughly updated to cover new developments in the field and includes new diagrams and end-of-chapter exercises. It will also be accompanied by a lecturer and student web site which will contain solutions to exercises, further exercises, PowerPoint slides and all the source code used in the book.
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Yes, you can access Computer Organisation and Architecture by B.S. Chalk,Antony Carter,Robert Hind in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Computer Science & Computer Networking. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition
- Acknowledgements
- List of trademarks
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Data representation and computer arithmetic
- Chapter 3 Boolean logic
- Chapter 4 Central processor unit operation
- Chapter 5 The Intel 80x86 family of processors
- Chapter 6 Primary memory
- Chapter 7 Secondary memory
- Chapter 8 Input–Output
- Chapter 9 Operating systems
- Chapter 10 Reduced instruction set computers
- Chapter 11 Networked systems
- Chapter 12 A look ahead
- Appendix 1 Introduction to logic circuit minimisation using Karnaugh map methods
- Appendix 2 Introduction to debug
- Appendix 3 ASCII and Extended ASCII tables
- Appendix 4 The 80x86 family of processors
- Appendix 5 IEEE 754 floating point format
- Acronyms
- References and further reading
- Index