Principles of Computer Hardware (With CD-ROM)

By Alan Clements

Book Overview

Ideal for courses in computer hardware, architecture, or digital design, The Principles of Computer Hardware, 3/e, provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject. In Alan Clement's noted student-friendly style, it covers core topics including Boolean algebra and logic design; number bases and binary arithmetic; the CPU; assembly language; memory systems; and input/output methods and devices. It then continues with a discussion of the related topics of computer peripherals, the hardware aspects of the operating system, and data communications. This accessible text covers both the 68000 and ARM architectures in a tutorial/lab-based style suitable for a variety of courses. All chapters in this third edition have been rigorously updated. Powerful new Windows-based simulation software allows students to visualize the design of digital circuits. The chapter on RISC has been completely rewritten to include the ARM computer, and the tutorial-based introduction to assembly language now includes many examples.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198564546
• ISBN13: 9780198564546
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 716 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.7" x 9.9"