• Title: Basic Computer Architecture
• Author(s) Smruti R. Sarangi
• Publisher: White Falcon Publishing (September 1, 2021); eBook (Free Edition)
• Hardcover/Paperback: 682 pages
• eBook: HTML, PDF, Slides, Videos
• Language: English
• ISBN-10/ASIN: 1636403034
• ISBN-13: 978-1636403038
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Book Description

This book is a comprehensive text on basic, undergraduate-level computer architecture. It starts from theoretical preliminaries and simple Boolean algebra. After a quick discussion on logic gates, it describes three classes of assembly languages: a custom RISC ISA called SimpleRisc, ARM, and x86. In the next part, a processor is designed for the SimpleRisc ISA from scratch.

This includes the combinational units, ALUs, processor, basic 5-stage pipeline, and a microcode-based design. The last part of the book discusses caches, virtual memory, parallel programming, multiprocessors, storage devices and modern I/O systems. The book's website has links to slides for each chapter and video lectures hosted on YouTube.

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• Computer System, Organization, and Architecture
• Computer Hardware, Personal Computers, and the History of Computers
• Assembly and Machine Languages
• Electronics and Chips Design/Programming
• Computer Operating Systems
• Electronic and Computer Engineering

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