A Practical Introduction to Computer Architecture (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009)

It is a great pleasure to write a preface to this book. In my view, the content is unique in that it blends traditional teaching approaches with the use of mathematics and a mainstream Hardware Design Language (HDL) as formalisms to describe key concepts. The book keeps the "machine" separate from the "application" by strictly following a bottom-up approach: it starts with transistors and logic gates and only introduces assembly language programs once their execution by a processor is clearly de ned. Using a HDL, Verilog in this case, rather than static circuit diagrams is a big deviation from traditional books on computer architecture. Static circuit diagrams cannot be explored in a hands-on way like the corresponding Verilog model can. In order to understand why I consider this shift so important, one must consider how computer architecture, a subject that has been studied for more than 50 years, has evolved. In the pioneering days computers were constructed by hand. An entire computer could (just about) be described by drawing a circuit diagram. Initially, such d- grams consisted mostly of analogue components before later moving toward d- ital logic gates. The advent of digital electronics led to more complex cells, such as half-adders, ip- ops, and decoders being recognised as useful building blocks.

General

Imprint:	Springer London
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Texts in Computer Science
Release date:	February 2011
First published:	2009
Authors:	Daniel Page
Dimensions:	235 x 178 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	642
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
ISBN-13:	978-1-84996-831-7
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Computer hardware & operating systems > Computer architecture & logic design > General Promotions
LSN:	1-84996-831-4
Barcode:	9781849968317

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