9780135188972

Comprehensively covers processor and computer design fundamentals.
Computer Organization and Architecture introduces the fundamentals of computer organization and architecture, and relates these to contemporary design issues.

For graduate and undergraduate courses in computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering.

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Dr. William Stallings has authored 18 textbooks and over 70 books on computer security, computer networking, and computer architecture. With over 30 years’ experience in the field, he has worked as a technical contributor, technical manager, and an executive at several high-technology firms. Currently, he is an independent consultant whose clients have included computer and networking manufacturers and customers, software development firms, and leading-edge government research institutions. He has received the award for the best computer science textbook of the year thirteen times from the Text and Academic Authors Association.

Dr. Stallings created and maintains the Computer Science Student Resource Site at ComputerScienceStudent.com. This site provides documents and links on a variety of subjects of general interest to computer science students and professionals. He is a member of the editorial board of Cryptologia, a scholarly journal devoted to all aspects of cryptology. He holds a Ph.D. from MIT in computer science and a B.S. from Notre Dame in electrical engineering.

I. Introduction

1. Basic Concepts and Computer Evolution

2. Performance Concepts

II. The Computer System

3. A Top-Level View of Computer Function and Interconnection

4. The Memory Hierarchy: Locality and Performance

5. Cache Memory

6. Internal Memory

7. External Memory

8. Input/Output

9. Operating System Support

III. Arithmetic and Logic

10. Number Systems

11. Computer Arithmetic

12. Digital Logic

IV. Instruction Sets and Assembly Language

13. Instruction Sets: Characteristics and Functions

14. Instruction Sets: Addressing Modes and Formats

15. Assembly Language and Related Topics

V. The Central Processing Unit

16. Processor Structure and Function

17. Reduced Instruction Set Computers

18. Instruction-Level Parallelism and Superscalar Processors

19. Control Unit Operation and Microprogrammed Control

VI. Parallel Organization

20. Parallel Processing

21. Multicore Computers

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