Computer System Architecture (3rd Edition)

Written to aid electrical engineers, computer engineers, and computer scientists, the volume includes:
* the computer architecture, organization, and design associated with computer hardware
* the various digital components used in the organization and design of digital computers
* detailed steps that a designer must go through in order to design an elementary basic computer
* the organization and architecture of the central processing unit
* the organization and architecture of input-output and memory
* the concept of multiprocessing * two new chapters on pipeline and vector processing
* two sections devoted completely to the reduced instruction set computer (RISC)
* and sample worked-out problems to clarify topics.