Computer Organization, Design, and Architecture, Fourth Edition

By Sajjan G. Shiva

Book Overview

This unique and proven text provides a hands-on introduction to the design of a computer system-depicting, step by step, the arrangement of a simple but complete hypothetical computer followed by detailed architectural features of existing computer systems as enhancements to the structure of the simple computer. Changes in the Third Edition of Computer Design and Architecture include updates to reflect contemporary organizations and devices new technologies and devices in combinatorial and integrated circuits new technologies in sequential circuits new technologies in memory and storage the latest architecture examples contemporary memory hierarchy concepts Ideal for one- or two-semester courses With end-of-chapter summaries, references, and problems, as well as over 250 drawings and tables, Computer Design and Architecture, Third Edition is a classroom-tested text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in electrical and computer engineering and computer science taking design courses such as Computer Systems Design, Computer Hardware Design, Computer Architecture, Computer Organization, and Assembly Language Programming.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824703685
• ISBN13: 9780824703684
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

This is a great book

This book has provided me with a deep understanding of computer design. I have read this book several times already and continue to get more out of it.

Excellent Introductory to Computer Architecture

I picked this book up at a local college bookstore, and was immediately absorbed in it. The book does an excellent job of taking the reader from the very basics of "switches" to understanding how they come together to form a modern computer. By the end of the book, the reader is designing their own small computers. The book has a gradual step up from simple logic gates to half-adders, full-adders, etc., and builds on top of each underlying piece of architecture. I'd highly recommend for anyone looking to get into the field of computer science.