Computer systems architecture : a networking approach

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Rob , 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson Prentice Hall , c2006
Edition:2nd ed
Subjects:
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: the hardware - software interface
  • 2. The von Neumann inheritance
  • 3. Functional units and the fecth-execute cycle
  • 4. Building computers from logic: the control unit
  • 5. Building computers from logic: the ALU
  • 6. Building computers from logic: the memory
  • 7. The intel pentium CPU
  • 8. Subroutines
  • 9. Simple input and output
  • 10. Serial connections
  • 11. Parallel connections
  • 12. The memory hierarchy
  • 13. The programmer's viewpoint
  • 14. Local area networks
  • 15. Wide area networks
  • 16. Other networks
  • 17. Introduction to operating systems
  • 18. Windows XP
  • 19. Filing systems
  • 20. Visual output
  • 21. RISC processors: ARM and SPARC
  • 22. VLIW processors: the EPIC itanium
  • 23. Parallel processing