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Modern Computer Architecture and Organization – Second Edition

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803234519
Length 666 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Jim Ledin Jim Ledin
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

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

Exercises

  1. Visit the blockchain explorer at https://bitaps.com and locate the list of last blocks on that page. Click on a block number and you will be presented with a display containing the hexadecimal listing of the block header along with its SHA-256 hash. Copy both items and write a program to determine if the hash provided is the correct hash of the header. Remember to perform SHA-256 twice to compute the header hash.
  2. Set up a full bitcoin peer node and connect it to the bitcoin network. Download the bitcoin core software from https://bitcoin.org/en/download. It is best to have a fast internet connection and at least 200 GB of free disk space.

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