Advanced PC architecture /
Buchanan, William
Advanced PC architecture / William Buchanan and Austin Wilson. - Harlow, Essex, England : Addision-Wesley Publishing Company, c2001 - viii, 583 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
PC basics -- Introduction to Intel processors -- 8086 basics -- 80486 -- Bus cycles, bus controller and direct memory access -- CMOS, memory and I/O -- UART and PIC -- PPI and PTC -- Introduction to the Pentium -- Transaction phase signals -- Memory -- MMX technology -- Instruction execution -- SC242 signals -- Processor developments -- Interface buses -- PCI bus -- IDE -- SCSI -- PCMCIA (PC card) -- USB and firewire -- Games port, keyboard and mouse -- AGP -- RS-232 -- Parallel port -- PC motherboards -- Hub-based architecture.
A guide to the component systems of the PC, providing a foundation for understanding previous, current, and future PC systems and how the specification of each component of a PC affects the overall system performance. Outlines each of the main PC processors and contrasts their performance, and examines each of the main interface devices and shows how they integrate into the main systems. Explains how systems have evolved from the original PC, and provides insight into PC of the future. Buchanan has written many books on computing. Wilson is a computer hardware expert. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
9780201398588
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
QA 76.9.A73 .B83 2001
Advanced PC architecture / William Buchanan and Austin Wilson. - Harlow, Essex, England : Addision-Wesley Publishing Company, c2001 - viii, 583 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
PC basics -- Introduction to Intel processors -- 8086 basics -- 80486 -- Bus cycles, bus controller and direct memory access -- CMOS, memory and I/O -- UART and PIC -- PPI and PTC -- Introduction to the Pentium -- Transaction phase signals -- Memory -- MMX technology -- Instruction execution -- SC242 signals -- Processor developments -- Interface buses -- PCI bus -- IDE -- SCSI -- PCMCIA (PC card) -- USB and firewire -- Games port, keyboard and mouse -- AGP -- RS-232 -- Parallel port -- PC motherboards -- Hub-based architecture.
A guide to the component systems of the PC, providing a foundation for understanding previous, current, and future PC systems and how the specification of each component of a PC affects the overall system performance. Outlines each of the main PC processors and contrasts their performance, and examines each of the main interface devices and shows how they integrate into the main systems. Explains how systems have evolved from the original PC, and provides insight into PC of the future. Buchanan has written many books on computing. Wilson is a computer hardware expert. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
9780201398588
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
QA 76.9.A73 .B83 2001