Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Second Edition

Author: Li Wenbing
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Publication Date: 2002-06-01
Features: This book is one of the series textbooks for vocational college students majoring in computer science and its related fields, and can also be used as a textbook for undergraduate students. The entire book introduces the principles of computer organization in three levels: fundamentals, components, and systems. The fundamental part includes an overview, common number systems, methods of machine number operations, coding and code checking, logic algebra and logic gates, and the analysis and design of combinational logic circuits. The component part includes basic devices, main memory, arithmetic units, instruction sets, and controllers. The system part covers memory architecture, peripheral devices, and data transmission methods between the host and peripherals. The book is rich in content, highlights key points, easy to understand, and uses clear language with abundant examples and illustrations. Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter. This book is suitable as a textbook for the course on the principles of computer organization for computer science and related majors, as well as for normal universities, television universities, higher vocational colleges, and self-taught higher education courses in computer (organization) principles. It can also serve as supplementary material for the hardware section of the software proficiency examination.