Structured Computer Organization - Hardcover

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0138546622 ISBN 13: 9780138546625

Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR, 1990

Synopsis

Completely updated, this book explains how computer designers can follow the structured model to develop efficient hardware and software systems. New information has been included on UNIX, OS/2, INTEL 8088/80286/80386, Motorola 68000/68020/68030 and RISC machine. The operation of a typical IBM PC clone is now described in detail at the chip level.

About this title

From the Publisher:

An introduction to those aspects of computer hardware and architecture that affect programming.

From the Back Cover:

This book takes a modern structured, layered approach to understanding computer systems. It's highly accessible - and it's been thoroughly updated to reflect today's most critical new technologies, including Pentium II and UltraSPARC microprocessors, Windows NT and Java Virtual Machines.Tanenbaum and Goodman present a computer as a series of layers, each one built upon the ones below it, and understandable as a separate entity. The book includes detailed coverage at the digital logic and micro-architecture levels, instruction set level, and operating system machine level, and contains a completely rewritten and updated chapter on parallel computer architecture. This new edition includes a wealth of new material about modern I/O devices, a detailed discussion of the Java Virtual Machine (including a microprogrammed implementation of a subset of a JVM), extensive coverage of multiprocessing, and much more.For all computer professionals and engineers who need an overview or introduction to computer architecture.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0138546622
• ISBN 13: 9780138546625
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 587