Computer systems architecture : a networking approach / Rob Williams.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Harlow, Essex, England : Addision-Wesley Publishing Company, c2001Description: xx, 660 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 201648598
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA 76.8 .W55 2001
Contents:
pt. 1. Basic functions and facilities of a computer. 1. Introduction: the hardware-software interface. 2. The von Neumann Inheritance. 3. Functional units and the fetch-execute cycle. 4. Building computers from logic: the control unit. 5. Building computers from logic: the ALU. 6. Building computers from logic: the memory. 7. The Intel Pentium CPU. 8. Subroutines. 9. Simple input and output. 10. Serial communications. 11. Parallel connections. 12. The memory hierarchy -- pt. 2. Networking and increased complexity. 13. The programmer's viewpoint. 14. Local area networks. 15. Wide area networks. 16. Other networks. 17. Introduction to operating systems. 18. Windows NT. 19. Filing systems. 20. Visual output.
Summary: This book presents an incremental look at networked computer systems starting with digital logic and hardware, moving through the layers of software, and leading to an introduction to networking and operating systems. Its practical, modern approach draws upon areas of reader interest and experience (the Internet, Pentium processors, GUIs, mobile communications) to stimulate enthusiasm. This book uses Microsoft's Visual Developer Studio debugger (included on CD-ROM) to provide a brief experience with assembly language programming. This book features an introduction to networking since most computer systems today work in a networked environment. It takes a traditional bottom-up approach using applied technology and ideas, and treats digital logic in sufficient detail to remove the mystery of how computers work. Throughout, the author emphasizes how software performance can be dependent upon hardware features, while practical exercises demonstrate this aspect of hardware/software interaction. This book demonstrates to computer scientists and engineers how computers and their systems work, and will be especially useful for readers looking for a book covering networking issues in computer systems organization and architecture.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 645-646) and index.

pt. 1. Basic functions and facilities of a computer. 1. Introduction: the hardware-software interface. 2. The von Neumann Inheritance. 3. Functional units and the fetch-execute cycle. 4. Building computers from logic: the control unit. 5. Building computers from logic: the ALU. 6. Building computers from logic: the memory. 7. The Intel Pentium CPU. 8. Subroutines. 9. Simple input and output. 10. Serial communications. 11. Parallel connections. 12. The memory hierarchy -- pt. 2. Networking and increased complexity. 13. The programmer's viewpoint. 14. Local area networks. 15. Wide area networks. 16. Other networks. 17. Introduction to operating systems. 18. Windows NT. 19. Filing systems. 20. Visual output.

This book presents an incremental look at networked computer systems starting with digital logic and hardware, moving through the layers of software, and leading to an introduction to networking and operating systems. Its practical, modern approach draws upon areas of reader interest and experience (the Internet, Pentium processors, GUIs, mobile communications) to stimulate enthusiasm. This book uses Microsoft's Visual Developer Studio debugger (included on CD-ROM) to provide a brief experience with assembly language programming. This book features an introduction to networking since most computer systems today work in a networked environment. It takes a traditional bottom-up approach using applied technology and ideas, and treats digital logic in sufficient detail to remove the mystery of how computers work. Throughout, the author emphasizes how software performance can be dependent upon hardware features, while practical exercises demonstrate this aspect of hardware/software interaction. This book demonstrates to computer scientists and engineers how computers and their systems work, and will be especially useful for readers looking for a book covering networking issues in computer systems organization and architecture.

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