Computer System Architecture

Dealing with computer architecture as well as computer organization and design, this fully updated book provides the basic knowledge necessary to understand the hardware operation of digital computers. Written to aid electrical engineers, computer engineers, and computer scientists, the volume includes: KEY FEATURES: the computer architecture, organization, and design associated with computer hardware  the various digital components used in the organization and design of digital computers  detailed steps that a designer must go through in order to design an elementary basic computer  the organization and architecture of the central processing unit  the organization and architecture of input-output and memory  the concept of multiprocessing  two new chapters on pipeline and vector processing  two sections devoted completely to the reduced instruction set computer (RISC)  and sample worked-out problems to clarify topics.