Computer Systems Architecture

A Networking Approach

Rob Williams

730 pages, parution le 15/09/2006 (2^eme édition)

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Résumé

The new edition of Computer Systems Architecture has been brought up to date with extended descriptions of ARM and Itanium processors and an extended introduction to the field of data communications. Its established approach emphasizes that the vast majority of modern computers are not stand-alone devices, but cooperate with others in a networked environment. Numerous practical exercises underline the importance of thoroughly understanding the hardware/software interaction to achieve optimum performance.

Highlights.of the Second Edition include:

A new chapter on distributed computing, introducing parallel, cluster and configurations including IBM's Cell processor;
A separate chapter on Intel's 64-bit Itanium processor, a key architecture the post-RISC era;
The ARM CPU is used as the primary example of microcontroller design;
Updated and expanded coverage of USB communications and ADSL broadband equipment;
New coverage of MPEG algorithms for audio and video compression in portable devices.

Computer Systems Architecture is an ideal introductory text for students of science or engineering, laying the foundations for more detailed courses or engineering, laying the foundations for more detailed courses on networking.

L'auteur - Rob Williams

Dr Rob Williams is Head of the Computer Systems Technology School at th of the West of England in Bristol, specializing in real-time systems. He has worked as a microprocessor systems engineer for GWE/GKN, Marconi Avio Nexos Office Systems.

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Sommaire

Basic functions and facilities of a computer
- Introduction: the hardware-software interface
- The von Neumann inheritance
- Functional units and the fetch-execute cycle
- Building computers from logic: the control unit
- Building computers from logic: the ALU
- Building computers from logic: the memory
- The Intel Pentium CPU
- Subroutines
- Simple input and output
- Serial connections
- Parallel connections
- The memory hierarchy
Networking and increased complexity
- The programmer's viewpoint
- Local area networks
- Wide area networks
- Other networks
- Introduction to operating systems
- Windows XP
- Filing systems
- Visual output
- RISC processors: ARM and SPARC
- VLIW processors: the EPIC Itanium
- Parallel processing
- Appendix: MS Visual Studo 8, Express Edition
- Glossary
- Answers to end-of-chapter questions

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Pearson
Auteur(s)	Rob Williams
Parution	15/09/2006
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	730
Format	19 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1190g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780321340795
ISBN13	978-0-321-34079-5