COMPUTER ORGANISATION AND ARCHITECTURE

AN ACCESSIBLE INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND ARCHITECTURE ANYONE ASPIRING TO MORE ADVANCED STUDIES IN COMPUTER-RELATED FIELDS MUST GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE TWO PARALLEL ASPECTS OF THE MODERN DIGITAL COMPUTER PROGRAMMING METHODOLOGY AND THE UNDERLYING MACHINE ARCHITECTURE. THE UNIQUELY INTEGRATED APPROACH OF COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION CONNECTS THE PROGRAMMER'S VIEW OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH THE ASSOCIATED HARDWARE AND PERIPHERAL DEVICES, PROVIDING A THOROUGH, THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEW OF WHAT GOES ON INSIDE THE MACHINE. COVERING ALL THE MAJOR TOPICS NORMALLY FOUND IN A FIRST COURSE IN COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE, THE TEXT FOCUSES ON THE ESSENTIALS INCLUDING THE INSTRUCTION SET ARCHITECTURE (ISA), NETWORK-RELATED ISSUES, AND PROGRAMMING METHODOLOGY. USING "REAL WORLD" CASE STUDIES TO PUT THE INFORMATION INTO PERSPECTIVE, THE CHAPTERS EXAMINE DATA REPRESENTATION ARITHMETIC THE INSTRUCTION SET ARCHITECTURE DATAPATH AND CONTROL LANGUAGES AND THE MACHINE MEMORY BUSES