Contains:
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION, Basic concepts and evolution of computers, Performance issues,
PART TWO: COMPUTER SYSTEM, Examination of the higher level of operation & interface of computers, Cache memory, Internal memory, External memory, Input/Output, Support from the operating system,
PART THREE: ARITHMETIC AND LOGIC, Number systems, Computer arithmetic, Digital logic,
PART FOUR: CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT, Instruction sets: Characteristics and operation, Instruction sets: Addressing modes and formats, Processor structure and operation, Reduced instruction set computers, Instruction-level parallelism & superscalar processors,
PART FIVE: PARALLEL ORGANIZATION, Parallel processing, Multi-core computers, General-purpose graphics processing units,
PART SIX: CONTROL UNIT, Operation of the control unit, Microprogrammed control, Exercises for teaching computer organization and architecture, Symbol translation language and related issues,
References, Index.