Computer architecture. Third edition

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:7257592

Foster, C C; Iberall, T

This book provides information on computer design and operation. It explains computer subsystem interaction and linkage and gives information on integrated circuits, semiconductor memories, and floppy disks. Information on instruction formats and multiprocessing systems; a discussion on ALU designs; and a chapter on microprocessors are included. Topics covered include: gates and elementary logic; storage mechanisms; putting the bits together; an elementary machine; variations in ALU design; variations in addressing; variations in input/output; other instructions; microprocessors and microcomputers; very large computers; parallelism and distributed logic; and tessellated computers.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Mass., Amherst
• OSTI ID: 7257592
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COMPUTERS
DIGITAL COMPUTERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
GATING CIRCUITS
INFORMATION THEORY
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
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MAGNETIC DISKS
MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICES
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
MEMORY DEVICES
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
MICROPROCESSORS
PARALLEL PROCESSING
PROGRAMMING
REVIEWS
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
SUPERCOMPUTERS