Computer organization and embedded systems /
Carl Hamacher [and three others].
- Sixth Edition
- New York : McGraw Hill Education, c2012
- xx, 710 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. Basic structure of computers -- Chapter 2. Instruction set architecture -- Chapter 3. Basic input/output -- Chapter 4. Software -- Chapter 5. Basic processing unit -- Chapter 6. Pipelining -- Chapter 7. Input/output organization -- Chapter 8. The Memory system -- Chapter 9. Arithmetic -- Chapter 10 : Embedded systems -- Chapter 11. System-on-a-chip - a case study -- Chapter 12. Parallel processing and performance.
The sixth edition of this book covers the key topics in computer organization and embedded systems. It presents hardware design principles and shows how hardware design is influenced by the requirements of software. The book carefully explains the main principles supported by examples drawn from commercially available processors. The book is suitable for undergraduate electrical and computer engineering majors and computer science specialists. It is intended for a first course in computer organization and embedded systems.