Textbook
Computer Architecture and Organization: An Integrated ApproachISBN: 978-0-471-73388-1
Hardcover
544 pages
March 2007, ©2007
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Balanced coverage of software and hardware
- The content addresses the core fundamental topics without spending too much time on hardware related issues
- Each topic is covered in the context of the entire machine allowing students to see how implementation affects behavior.
- More software type issues like networking are included as a continuing thread.
Case Studies
- Motivate students with real world examples in each chapter
- Some cases are: “Patriot Missile Defense failure caused by loss of precision”, “What happens when a computer boots up?” and “How a virus infects a machine”
Feature boxes cover commercial processors
- Students learn about Intel and Motorola processors which dominate the industry
Uses subset of SPARC, grounded in a real-world computer architecture tool for instruction set architecture throughout the text
- A RISC Computer (ARC) is complemented with platform-independent software tools
- ARCTools suite is fully class-tested and supports the examples used in the book