The essentials of computer organization and architecture / Linda Null and Julia Lobur.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. Main components of a computer ; An example system : wading through the jargon ; Standards organizations ; Historical development ; The computer level hierarchy ; The von Neumann model ; Non-von Neumann models -- Data representation in computer systems. Positional numbering systems ; Converting between bases ; Signed integer representation ; Floating-point representation ; Character codes ; Error detection and correction ; Focus on codes for data recording and transmission -- Boolean algebra and digital logic. Boolean algebra ; Logic gates ; Digital components ; Combinational circuits ; Sequential circuits ; Designing circuits ; Focus on Karnaugh maps -- MARIE : an introduction to a simple computer. CPU basics and organization ; The bus ; Clocks ; The input/output subsystem ; Memory organization and addressing ; Interrupts ; MARIE ; Instruction processing ; A simple program ; A discussion on assemblers ; Extending our instruction set ; A discussion on decoding : hardwired versus microprogrammed control ; Real-world examples of computer architectures -- A closer look at instruction set architectures. Instruction formats ; Instruction types ; Addressing ; Instruction pipelining ; Real-world examples of ISAs -- Memory. Types of memory ; The memory hierarchy ; Cache memory ; Virtual memory ; A real-world example of memory management -- Input/output and storage systems. I/O and performance ; Amdahl's law ; I/O architectures ; Data transmission modes ; Magnetic disk technology ; Optical disks ; Magnetic tape ; RAID ; The future of data storage; Focus on data compression -- System software. Operating systems ; Protected environments ; Programming tools ; Java : all of the above ; Database software ; Transaction managers -- Alternative architectures. RISC machines ; Flynn's taxonomy ; Parallel and multiprocessor architectures ; Alternative parallel processing approaches ; Quantum computing -- Topics in embedded systems. An overview of embedded hardware ; An overview of embedded software -- Performance measurement and analysis. Computer performance equations ; Mathematical preliminaries ; Benchmarking ; CPU performance optimization ; Disk performance -- Network organization and architecture. Early business computer networks ; Early academic and scientific networks : the roots and architecture of the internet ; Network protocols I : ISO/OSI protocol unification ; Network protocols II : TCP/IP network architecture ; Network organization ; High-capacity digital links ; A look at the internet -- Selected storage systems and interfaces. SCSI architecture ; Internet SCSI ; Storage area networks ; Other I/O connections ; Cloud storage -- Appendix A : Data structures and the computer. Fundamental structures ; Trees ; Network graphs.

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