Modern Computer Architecture and Organization: Learn x86, ARM, and RISC-V architectures and the design of smartphones, PCs, and cloud servers
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A no-nonsense, practical guide to current and future processor and computer architectures, enabling you to design computer systems and develop better software applications across a variety of domains Key Features Understand digital circuitry with the help of transistors, logic gates, and sequential logic Examine the architecture and instruction sets of x86, x64, ARM, and RISC-V processors Explore the architecture of modern devices such as the iPhone X and high-performance gaming PCs Book Description Are you a software developer, systems designer, or computer architecture student looking for a methodical introduction to digital device architectures but overwhelmed by their complexity? This book will help you to learn how modern computer systems work, from the lowest level of transistor switching to the macro view of collaborating multiprocessor servers. You'll gain unique insights into the internal behavior of processors that execute the code developed in high-level languages and enable you to design more efficient and scalable software systems. The book will teach you the fundamentals of computer systems including transistors, logic gates, sequential logic, and instruction operations. 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 how to write a quantum computing program and run it on an actual quantum computer. By the end of this book, you will have a thorough understanding of modern processor and computer architectures and the future directions these architectures are likely to take. What you will learn Get to grips with transistor technology and digital circuit principles Discover the functional elements of computer processors Understand pipelining and superscalar execution Work with floating-point data formats Understand the purpose and operation of the supervisor mode Implement a complete RISC-V processor in a low-cost FPGA Explore the techniques used in virtual machine implementation Write a quantum computing program and run it on a quantum computer Who this book is for This book is for software developers, computer engineering students, system designers, reverse engineers, and anyone looking to understand the architecture and design principles underlying modern computer systems from tiny embedded devices to warehouse-size cloud server farms. A general understanding of computer processors is helpful but not required. 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 Future Directions in Computer Architectures Review: Very informative - This book is structured very well, it allows you to read a particular section with out having to know much about other sections. Everything is explained in detail and with simple examples and illustrations to help you visualize the concepts. After reading this book, you’ll definitely have a strong understanding of what is going on at the hardware level of computers. It will also provide you with tips and insights on how to write code that takes advantage of the architecture in a modern computer to optimize performance. Review: Excellent Overview of Computer Organization and Computer Architecture - I read this book as part of my review to teach a class in Computer Architecture after twenty years away from the field. This is a quick, undergraduate level text with very current, contemporary examples as of 2021.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 134 Reviews |
C**Z
Very informative
This book is structured very well, it allows you to read a particular section with out having to know much about other sections. Everything is explained in detail and with simple examples and illustrations to help you visualize the concepts. After reading this book, you’ll definitely have a strong understanding of what is going on at the hardware level of computers. It will also provide you with tips and insights on how to write code that takes advantage of the architecture in a modern computer to optimize performance.
B**N
Excellent Overview of Computer Organization and Computer Architecture
I read this book as part of my review to teach a class in Computer Architecture after twenty years away from the field. This is a quick, undergraduate level text with very current, contemporary examples as of 2021.
D**K
Briefly covers a broad range of computer topics.
It gives a general theoretical explanation about a variety of computer architecture such as Arm and x86. I would have hoped for more practical engineering rather than simply theory.
A**2
Fantastic
I have read a few books on computer architecture. Nothing tops this. clarifies a lot of details for me especially the serial/parallel interfaces & so beautifully explained. Kudos for an excellent job.
R**A
Important updated information gathered about computer organization
Usually the books about computer organization and architecture are dedicated to design a computer from scratch. When you go to give classes to Computer Engineering, most of them want to know how to use them and how they work. So to teach them it is necessary to gather a lot of information about current CPUs, what is a long research. This book has already gathered this information what make easier the work for the teacher. The way RISC-V was presented make it easier to compare with x86 and ARM. The chapter about Virtualization is excellent to show to students.
D**D
Tour de Force in Computer Science
A truly remarkable tour de force in computer science. Jim is a true expert in this field. An excellent and beneficial read!'
R**L
Not very detailed: High school level?
If you thought this was a book that would teach you "modern computer architecture", with examples in ARM, x86, and RISC-V, look for another book. This book doesn't really teach anything other than the very basic introductions to various topics. Half a page dedicated to explaining what a keyboard and mouse are. The book lacks substance. Long introduction about the history of computers and they spend a long time explaining basic concepts that anyone looking to write assembly should already know long before they touch a book on modern computer architecture. This is a book about "basic computer architecture", taught at a high school AP level, or maybe a community college introductory level course for undergrads who have no exposure to the subject at all. Completely useless for practical applications. Very little touched on in this book, however, is modern, as they spend the majority of their time on basic concepts that have been the same for many years. There is a little bit of information, but the section on risc-v for example is only about 1-2 dozen pages long, and only briefly skims the subject. Does it technically mention risc-v? yes. Does it present any information you would not find from 5 minutes of googling? no. Can you "Learn RISC-V" using this book? No. Can you "Learn x86" using this book? No. Can you "Learn ARM" using this book? No. Can you learn about what RISC-V is, at least conceptually using this book? Yes. Can you learn basic concepts that you would need to already know about before trying to actually learn an ISA? I guess so. But that's not what this book is advertised as, hence I cannot recommend it.
D**S
great book
A good book for new beginers. Still i need to search for many of the concept shown in the book.
A**T
An in depth look at the modern architecture of computers.
A great, "in depth" look at central processing unit (cpu) design. This book is aimed more at the Academic student in their first/second year. This book is well written and explains the voncepts and ideas in a " easy-to-follow" style. This book can be used by, not just students, but anybody eith a keen interest in Modern Computer Architecture, Design, and Organization. Well worth a slot in any computer science students' or computer enthusiasts book shelf.
C**V
A lot of great information about computer architecture
Truly a gold mine of information if you're interested in how computers do their computing. Really hard to read if you're new to the subject like myself because of all the specialized vocabulary (each thing has it's own name and reading 5 pages will take you 30 minutes) but if you make the effort there's a lot of very interesting content to be discovered. Just one thing : there could have been a lot more sketches and diagrams (it's almost all written in sentences) to ease the understanding. I recommend to watch videos on the same subject in parallel of reading the book to clarify everything. Anyway, thank you very much to sir Ledin for the work and for sharing his knowledge.
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R**N
So far so good.
Only part of the way through it so will write a proper review when finished. As a basic overall introduction its great. Covers a large area. The pra rival exercises are really good.
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