Computer system architecture
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Summary
Every chapter includes a set of problems and a list of references. Some of the problems serve as exercises for the material covered in the chapter. Others are of a more advanced nature and are intended to provide practice in solving problems associated with computer hardware architecture and design. A solutions manual is available for the instructor from the publisher. The book is suitable for a course in computer hardware systems in an electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science department. Parts of the book can be used in a variety of ways: as a first course in computer hardware by covering Chapters 1 through 7; as a course in computer organization and design with previous knowledge of digital logic design by reviewing Chapter 4 and then covering chapters 5 through 13; as a course in computer organization and architecture that covers the five functional units of digital computers including control (Chapter 7), processing unit (Chapters 8 and 9), arithmetic operations (Chapter 10), input-output (Chapter 11), and memory (Chapter 12). The book is also suitable for self-study by engineers and scientists who need to acquire the basic knowledge of computer hardware architecture.