Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Published October, 1998 by Prentice Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics

Copyright 1999, 669 pp.
Paper
ISBN 0-13-095990-1
$87.00

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This book takes a modern structured, layered approach to understanding computer systems. It's highly accessible - and it's been thoroughly updated to reflect today's most critical new technologies, including Pentium II and UltraSPARC microprocessors, Windows NT and Java Virtual Machines.

Tanenbaum and Goodman present a computer as a series of layers, each one built upon the ones below it, and understandable as a separate entity. The book includes detailed coverage at the digital logic and micro-architecture levels, instruction set level, and operating system machine level, and contains a completely rewritten and updated chapter on parallel computer architecture. This new edition includes a wealth of new material about modern I/O devices, a detailed discussion of the Java Virtual Machine (including a microprogrammed implementation of a subset of a JVM), extensive coverage of multiprocessing, and much more.



The only up-to-the-minute introduction to computer architecture.

• A structured, layered approach to computer architecture - logical, intuitive and easy to understand!

• Completely revised and updated to reflect the latest technologies.

• First book of its kind to cover Java Virtual Machines! Examples also include Pentium II, UltraSPARC, and Windows NT.

1. Introduction.
2. Computer Systems Organization.
3. The Digital Logic Level.
4. The Microarchitecture Level.
5. The Instruction Set Architecture Level.
6. The Operating System Machine Level.
7. The Assembly Language Level.
8. Parallel Computer Architectures.
9. Reading List and Bibliography.
Appendix A: Binary Numbers.
Appendix B: Floating-Point Numbers.