Structured computer organization - Hardcover

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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By presenting the computer as a hierarchy of distinct levels, this reference illustrates how the diverse aspects of the computer relate to one another. Discusses the hierarchies of such popular microprocessors as the IBM 370, the PDP-11 and MC68000, and also covers the UNIX and CP/M operating systems and ready-to-run PASCAL programs.

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

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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.

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