Computer Organization, Design, and Architecture, Fourth Edition [Hardcover]

Sajjan G. Shiva (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 30, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0849304164 | ISBN-13: 978-0849304163 | Edition: 4

Suitable for a one- or two-semester undergraduate or beginning graduate course in computer science and computer engineering, Computer Organization, Design, and Architecture, Fourth Edition presents the operating principles, capabilities, and limitations of digital computers to enable development of complex yet efficient systems. With 40% updated material and four new chapters, this edition takes students through a solid, up-to-date exploration of single- and multiple-processor systems, embedded architectures, and performance evaluation.

New to the Fourth Edition

Additional material that covers the ACM/IEEE computer science and engineering curricula

More coverage on computer organization, embedded systems, networks, and performance evaluation

Expanded discussions of RISC, CISC, VLIW, and parallel/pipelined architectures

The latest information on integrated circuit technologies and devices, memory hierarchy, and storage

Updated examples, references, and problems

Supplying appendices with relevant details of integrated circuits reprinted from vendors’ manuals, this book provides all of the necessary information to program and design a computer system.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 784 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 4 edition (November 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849304164
• ISBN-13: 978-0849304163
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #906,435 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and a lifesaver, July 29, 2010

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I took a two-semester course on Assembly Language Programming, Digital Logic, and Computer Architecture and this book was amazing. We covered the basics of digital logic (binary, octal, and hexadecimal arithmetic, 1s and 2s complement, Boolean algebra, combinational logic, etc.) the first semester so by the time we got to this book in the second semester, we skipped the first two chapters and most of the third and went straight into adders and flip-flops.

The author discusses the organization of A Simple Computer (ASC), but given what little time we had, we were tasked with building a Very Simple Computer (VSC), a primitive 8-bit computer (5-bit memory, 3-bit opcode) capable of performing basic arithmetic. We read just the chapters on combinational circuits, synchronous sequential circuits, organization & programming, hardware design, and memory.

The point is that we only used about half the material in the book and we were able to build an 8-bit computer from TTL chips. If you read the thing cover to cover, you'd be able to build a 16- or 32-bit machine no problem. It was a ton of fun and this book was an absolute lifesaver. Together, the book and course fundamentally changed the way I look at computers and I have a much better understanding of how they operate and what's inside them.