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

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838984397

Length 560 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

FPGA

Concepts

Computer Architecture

Author (1):

Jim Ledin

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Fundamentals of Computer Architecture

2. Chapter 1: Introducing Computer Architecture FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Digital Logic

4. Chapter 3: Processor Elements

5. Chapter 4: Computer System Components

6. Chapter 5: Hardware-Software Interface

7. Chapter 6: Specialized Computing Domains

8. Section 2: Processor Architectures and Instruction Sets

9. Chapter 7: Processor and Memory Architectures

10. Chapter 8: Performance-Enhancing Techniques

11. Chapter 9: Specialized Processor Extensions

12. Chapter 10: Modern Processor Architectures and Instruction Sets

13. Chapter 11: The RISC-V Architecture and Instruction Set

14. Section 3: Applications of Computer Architecture

15. Chapter 12: Processor Virtualization

16. Chapter 13: Domain-Specific Computer Architectures

17. Chapter 14: Future Directions in Computer Architectures

18. Answers to Exercises

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