Modern Computer Architecture and Organization

Title

Modern Computer Architecture and Organization: Learn x86, ARM, and RISC-V architectures and the design of smartphones, PCs, and cloud servers

Author

Jim Ledin

Publisher

Packt Publishing

Summary

A no-nonsense, practical guide to current and future processor and computer architectures that enables you to design computer systems and develop better software applications across a variety of domains Key Features

   Understand digital circuitry through the study of transistors, logic gates, and sequential logic
   Learn the architecture of x86, x64, ARM, and RISC-V processors, iPhones, and high-performance gaming PCs
   Study the design principles underlying the domains of cybersecurity, bitcoin, and self-driving cars

Book Description

Are you a software developer, systems designer, or computer architecture student looking for a methodical introduction to digital device architectures, but are overwhelmed by the complexity of modern systems? This step-by-step guide will teach you how modern computer systems work with the help of practical examples and exercises. You'll gain insights into the internal behavior of processors down to the circuit level and will understand how the hardware executes code developed in high-level languages.

This book will teach you the fundamentals of computer systems including transistors, logic gates, sequential logic, and instruction pipelines. You will learn details of modern processor architectures and instruction sets including x86, x64, ARM, and RISC-V. You will see how to implement a RISC-V processor in a low-cost FPGA board and write a quantum computing program and run it on an actual quantum computer.

This edition has been updated to cover the architecture and design principles underlying the important domains of cybersecurity, blockchain and bitcoin mining, and self-driving vehicles.

By the end of this book, you will have a thorough understanding of modern processors and computer architecture and the future directions these technologies are likely to take.

Table of Contents

   Introducing Computer Architecture
   Digital Logic
   Processor Elements
   Computer System Components
   Hardware-Software Interface
   Specialized Computing Domains
   Processor and Memory Architectures
   Performance-Enhancing Techniques
   Specialized Processor Extensions
   Modern Processor Architectures and Instruction Sets
   The RISC-V Architecture and Instruction Set
   Processor Virtualization
   Domain-Specific Computer Architectures
   Cybersecurity and Confidential Computing Architectures
   Blockchain and Bitcoin Mining Architectures
   Self-Driving Vehicle Architectures
   Quantum Computing and Other Future Directions in Computer Architectures
   Appendix

ISBN

• 1803234512
• 978-1803234519

Link

https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Computer-Architecture-Organization-architectures/dp/1803234512

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