Fundamentals of Computer Architecture. (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Burrell, Mark
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; I The Building Blocks; Chapter 1 Introducing The Processor; Chapter overview; 1.1 Computers Are Everywhere; 1.2 A Very Brief History Of The Computer; 1.3 Inside A Computer; 1.4 The Minimalist Approach; Chapter summary; Chapter 2 Fundamental Concepts I -- Data Representation; Chapter overview; 2.1 Introducing Number Representation; 2.2 Representing Numbers; 2.3 Introducing Binary Arithmetic; 2.4 Signed Numbers; 2.5 Floating Point Numbers; 2.6 Logical Operations; 2.7 Dealing With Text; Chapter summary. Chapter 3 Fundamental Concepts II -- Digital Electronic CircuitsChapter overview; 3.1 Introducing Digital Electronics; 3.2 Building Circuits With Gate Logic; 3.3 Building A Circuit From A Truth Table; 3.4 Boolean Algebra; 3.5 Introducing Digital Works; Chapter summary; Chapter 4 Registers; Chapter overview; 4.1 Introducing An Electronic Memory; 4.2 Building A Register; 4.3 Tri-state Logic; 4.4 Introducing The Clock; 4.5 Using Registers; Chapter summary; Chapter 5 The ALU; Chapter overview; 5.1 About The ALU; 5.2 Inside The ALU; 5.3 Adder Circuits; 5.4 Building An ADD Circuit. 5.5 Building An SL Circuit5.6 Building A NEG Circuit; 5.7 Using The ALU In JASPer; Chapter summary; Chapter 6 Buses; Chapter overview; 6.1 What is a Bus?; 6.2 Building A Bus; 6.3 Buses In JASPer; Chapter summary; Chapter 7 Memory; Chapter overview; 7.1 Introducing Memory; 7.2 Building A Small Memory; 7.3 Types of Memory; 7.4 Building Larger Memories; 7.5 Building Wider Memories; 7.6 Address Decoding Strategies; 7.7 Using Memory; 7.8 Connecting Memory To JASPer; Chapter summary; Chapter 8 The Hardware Engineer's Perspective; Chapter overview; 8.1 Recap; 8.2 Assigning Tasks To Registers. 8.3 Introducing Micro-Instructions8.4 Introducing The Instruction Set; 8.5 The Fetch-Execute Cycle; 8.6 Inside The Fetch-Execute Cycle; 8.7 Running The Program In JASPer; Chapter summary; II Using the Processor; Chapter 9 Writing Structured Programs; Chapter overview; 9.1 Introducing Programming; 9.2 Introducing Assembly Programming; 9.3 Programming Concepts; 9.4 Writing Our First Assembly Program; 9.5 Using High-Level Languages; 9.6 Tips On Structured Programming; Chapter summary; Chapter 10 Stacks and Subroutines; Chapter overview; 10.1 Introducing The Stack. 10.2 Hardware Support For The Stack10.3 Using Stacks; 10.4 Introducing Subroutines; 10.5 Implementing Subroutine Calls Using Stacks; 10.6 Using Subroutines In Assembly Language; Chapter summary; Chapter 11 Addressing Modes; Chapter overview; 11.1 Introducing Addressing Modes; 11.2 Immediate Addressing; 11.3 Direct Addressing; 11.4 Indirect Addressing; 11.5 Indexed Addressing; 11.6 Relative Addressing; 11.7 More Complex Instructions; 11.8 An Addressing Example; Chapter summary; Chapter 12 Input/Output; Chapter overview; 12.1 Introducing Input/Output; 12.2 Polled I/O; 12.3 Interrupt Driven I/O.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 004.22; Systems Architecture/General; Computer architecture; Computer architecture; Computer architecture; COMPUTERS / Computer Literacy; COMPUTERS / Computer Science; COMPUTERS / Data Processing; COMPUTERS / Hardware / General; COMPUTERS / Information Technology; COMPUTERS / Machine Theory; COMPUTERS / Reference; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1137113138; 9781137113139
• Related ISBNs: 0333998669; 9780333998663
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