Essentials of Computer Architecture

By Douglas E. Comer

Book Overview

This easy to read textbook provides an introduction to computer architecture, while focusing on the essential aspects of hardware that programmers need to know. The topics are explained from a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131491792
• ISBN13: 9780131491793
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

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Computer architecture for the non-hardware professional

I was looking for a book that would give me a better understanding of how computer hardware works, without requiring me to have taken EE courses in college. This book was exactly what I was looking for - the Computer Hardware 101 class I missed. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to know at more detailed level how their computer works, and particularly recommend it to other software professionals who want to...

Computer architecture 97% fat free

Comer, a distinguished professor of nearly everything (Purdue University) writes another book that weaves highly technical subject matter into prose that reads like a novel. Comer has a habit of writing beautiful technical books. Comer is famous for his masterpiece, his Internetworking with TCP/IP series. But Comer has also designed and fabricated VLSI circuits at Bell Labs, and has world class expertise in other areas. Comer...

Comer's Computer Architecture text great for non-EE classes

I adopted Essentials of Computer Architecture for my course because of the breadth of coverage and the hardware oriented labs. For a nominal investment in a breadboard and components, my students get hands-on experience with logic gates, directly tied to the text. Dr. Comer's Essentials of Architecture is an exceptional textbook.