You're reading from Modern Computer Architecture and Organization – Second Edition Learn x86, ARM, and RISC-V architectures and the design of smartphones, PCs, and cloud servers

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803234519

Length 666 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

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Blockchain

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Computer Architecture

Author (1):

Jim Ledin

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Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Introducing Computer Architecture FREE CHAPTER

2. Digital Logic

3. Processor Elements

4. Computer System Components

5. Hardware-Software Interface

6. Specialized Computing Domains

7. Processor and Memory Architectures

8. Performance-Enhancing Techniques

9. Specialized Processor Extensions

10. Modern Processor Architectures and Instruction Sets

11. The RISC-V Architecture and Instruction Set

12. Processor Virtualization

13. Domain-Specific Computer Architectures

14. Cybersecurity and Confidential Computing Architectures

15. Blockchain and Bitcoin Mining Architectures

16. Self-Driving Vehicle Architectures

17. Quantum Computing and Other Future Directions in Computer Architectures

18. Other Books You May Enjoy

19. Index

Appendix

Chapter 17: Future Directions in Computer Architectures

Exercise 1

Install the Qiskit quantum processor software development framework by following the instructions at https://qiskit.org/documentation/getting_started.html. The instructions suggest installation of the Anaconda (https://www.anaconda.com/) data science and machine learning toolset. After installing Anaconda, create a Conda virtual environment named qiskitenv to contain your work on quantum code and install Qiskit in this environment with the command pip install qiskit. Be sure to install the optional visualization dependencies with the command pip install qiskit-terra[visualization].

Answer

Download the Anaconda installer from https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/. Select the current version and the appropriate 32-bit or 64-bit variant for your host computer.
Run the Anaconda installer and accept the defaults. Close the installer after it completes.
Start Anaconda from the Windows search...