Microprocessor. 1, Prolegomena -- Calculation and storage functions -- Models of computation and computer architecture /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Darche, Philippe
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2020.
Series:	Computer engineering series (London, England)
Subjects:	Microprocessors. Microprocessors > Design and construction.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Quotation
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Function of Computation
1.1. Beginnings
1.2. Classes of computers
1.3. Analog approach
1.4. Hardware-software relationship
1.5. Integration and its limits
1.6. Conclusion
Chapter 2 The Function of Memory
2.1. Definition
2.2. Related concepts
2.2.1. A story of endianness
2.2.2. Alignment
2.3. Modeling
2.4. Classification
2.5. Conclusion
Chapter 3 Computation Model and Architecture: Illustration with the von Neumann Approach
3.1. Basic concepts
3.1.1. The idea of a program
3.1.2. Control and data flows and mechanisms
3.1.3. Models of computation
3.1.4. Architectures
3.1.5. The semantic gap
3.2. The original von Neumann machine
3.2.1. von Neumann's computation model
3.2.2. von Neumann's (machine) architecture
3.2.3. Control
3.3. Modern von Neumann machines
3.3.1. Abstraction level
3.3.2. Base execution outline
3.3.3. Possible transfers
3.3.4. Summary: advantages and disadvantages of this model
3.4. Variations on a theme
3.4.1. Classification by bus
3.4.2. Harvard architectures
3.4.3. Parallelism
3.5. Instruction set architecture
3.5.1. Storage components
3.5.2. Data format and type
3.5.3. Instruction set
3.5.4. Memory model
3.5.5. Execution modes
3.5.6. Miscellaneous
3.6. Basic definitions for this book
3.7. Conclusion
Conclusion of Volume 1
Exercises
Acronyms
References
Index
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