The essentials of computer organization and architecture /
Linda Null, Julia Lobur.
- Fifth edition.
- xxxi, 744 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Data representation in computer systems -- Boolean algebra and digital logic -- MARIE : an introduction to a simple computer -- A closer look at instuction set architectures -- Memory -- Input/output systems -- System software -- Alternative architectures -- Topics in embedded systems -- Performance measurement and analysis.
"This title presents computing systems as a series of layers, taking a bottoms -up approach by starting with low-level hardware and progressing to higher-level software. It is geared towards the computer scientist, as opposed to the computer engineer"--