Practical Introduction to Computer Architecture

• Main Author: Page, Daniel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Texts in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer hardware.; Arithmetic and logic units, Computer.; Microprocessors.; Computer Science.; Computer Hardware.; Arithmetic and Logic Structures.; Processor Architectures.

Computer architecture, which underpins computer science, is a topic in which "getting things done" is paramount: The ability to understand trade-offs before selecting between and implementing well-considered design options is often as important as the study of those options at a more theor...

Table of Contents:

• Tools and Techniques
• Mathematical Preliminaries
• Basics of Digital Logic
• Hardware Design Using Verilog
• Processor Design
• A Historical and Functional Perspective
• Basic Processor Design
• Measuring Performance
• Arithmetic and Logic
• Memory and Storage
• Advanced Processor Design
• The Hardware/Software Interface
• Linkers and Assemblers
• Compilers
• Operating Systems
• Efficient Programming
• Appendices
• SPIM: A MIPS32 Simulator.