scientific article; zbMATH DE number 194117

Publication date 5 June 1993

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to computer science (68-01) Theory of software (68N99)

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This introductory book to computer architecture and organization is divided into three major subsections each of which contains a number of chapters. Section I titled ``From software to hardware contains chapters on computation, software engineering, and machine language. Section II titled ``From switches to processors contains chapters titled ``Data representation and notation, ``Element level, ``Component level and Control units. Section III titled ``From components to systems contains chapters on processor organization, system organization, and survey of contemporary processor architecture. The presentation is in a clear, ``friendly style with a proper mix of anecdotal material to maintain a high interest level. The chapter problem sets are some what skimpy; answers to the problems are thorough. The Motorala 68000, National Semi conductor 32000 and Inmos transputer processors are covered in the survey chapter. Considerable paper ``real estate is consumed by diagrams which could be reduced in size considerably to provide a more pleasing presentation.

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