Modern Computer Architecture and Organization / Ledin, Jim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ledin, Jim, (author).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (560 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Packt Publishing, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A no-nonsense, practical guide to current and future processor and computer architectures, enabling you to design computer systems and develop better software applications across a variety of domains Key Features Understand digital circuitry with the help of transistors, logic gates, and sequential logic Examine the architecture and instruction sets of x86, x64, ARM, and RISC-V processors Explore the architecture of modern devices such as the iPhone X and high-performance gaming PCs Book Description Are you a software developer, systems designer, or computer architecture student looking for a methodical introduction to digital device architectures but overwhelmed by their complexity? This book will help you to learn how modern computer systems work, from the lowest level of transistor switching to the macro view of collaborating multiprocessor servers. You'll gain unique insights into the internal behavior of processors that execute the code developed in high-level languages and enable you to design more efficient and scalable software systems. The book will teach you the fundamentals of computer systems including transistors, logic gates, sequential logic, and instruction operations. You will learn details of modern processor architectures and instruction sets including x86, x64, ARM, and RISC-V. You will see how to implement a RISC-V processor in a low-cost FPGA board and how to write a quantum computing program and run it on an actual quantum computer. By the end of this book, you will have a thorough understanding of modern processor and computer architectures and the future directions these architectures are likely to take. What you will learn Get to grips with transistor technology and digital circuit principles Discover the functional elements of computer processors Understand pipelining and superscalar execution Work with floating-point data formats Understand the purpose and operation of the supervisor mode Implement a complete RISC-V processor in a low-cost FPGA Explore the techniques used in virtual machine implementation Write a quantum computing program and run it on a quantum computer Who this book is for This book is for software developers, computer engineering students, system designers, reverse engineers, and anyone looking to understand the architecture and design principles underlying modern computer systems from tiny embedded devices to warehouse-size cloud server farms. A general understanding of computer processors is helpful but not required." -- Publisher's description.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introducing Computer Architecture

Chapter 2: Digital Logic

Chapter 3: Processor Elements

Chapter 4: Computer System Components

Chapter 5: Hardware-Software Interface

Chapter 6: Specialized Computing Domains

Chapter 7: Processor and Memory Architectures

Chapter 8: Performance-Enhancing Techniques

Chapter 9: Specialized Processor Extensions

Chapter 10: Modern Processor Architectures and Instruction Sets

Chapter 11: The RISC-V Architecture and Instruction Set

Chapter 12: Processor Virtualization

Domain-Specific Chapter 13: Computer Architectures

Chapter 14: Future Directions in Computer Architectures

Answers to Exercises.

ISBN:

9781523136407

1523136405

9781838984397

1838984399

OCLC:

1197974465