With clear, concise and easy-to-read material, the tenth edition of Computer Organization and Architecture is a user-friendly source for students studying computers. Subjects such as I/O functions and structures, RISC and parallel processors have been integrated with real-world examples throughout. Using brand new material and strengthened pedagogy, this text ensures that students are effectively engaged in the world of computer organization and architecture. 1. Chapter on GPUs (General Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units), highlighting one of the most important new developments in computer science 2. Heterogeneous Multicore Processors are surveyed in a new section of the text 3. Embedded Systems and Microcontrollers overview has been greatly expanded and revised 4. Cloud Computing is newly discussed in the text 5. System Performance issues coverage has been revised, expanded and reorganized for a clearer and more thorough treatment throughout the text 6. Flash Memory coverage has been revised and expanded with new information, including a new discussion of technology and organization of flash memory for internal and external memory 7. Nonvolatile RAM technologies like STT-RAM, PCRAM and ReRAM are newly covered 8. Intel Core Microarchitecture continues to be used as a major example throughout with information reflecting newer Intel systems such as Intel Core Microarchitecture Part One: Overview Chapter 1: Basic Concepts and Computer Evolution Chapter 2: Performance Issues Part Two: The Computer System Chapter 3: A Top-Level View of Computer Function and Interconnection Chapter 4: Cache Memory Chapter 5: Internal Memory Technology Chapter 6: External Memory Chapter 7: Input/Output Chapter 8: Operating System Support Part Three: Arithmetic and Logic Chapter 9: Number Systems Chapter 10: Computer Arithmetic Chapter 11: Digital Logic Part Four: The Central Processing Unit Chapter 12: Instruction Sets: Characteristics and Functions Chapter 13: Instruction Sets: Addressing Modes and Formats Chapter 14: Processor Structure and Function Chapter 15: Reduced Instruction Set Computers (RISCs) Chapter 16: Instruction-Level Parallelism and Superscalar Processors Part Five: Parallel Organization Chapter 17: Parallel Processing Chapter 18: Multicore Computers Chapter 19: General-Purpose Graphic Processing Units Part Six: The Control Unit Chapter 20: Control Unit Operation Chapter 21: Microprogrammed Control
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