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Principles of Computer Hardware
Fourth Edition
Alan Clements
672 pages
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640 colour line drawings
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246x189mm
978-0-19-927313-3
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Paperback
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09 February 2006
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- Revised structure leads the student through the heart of the subject in a more progressive manner, to help them master the subject more easily
- Enriched pedagogy, including boxes, additional examples, and two colour artwork, makes learning more stimulating, enjoyable, and effective
- Exploits the 68K processor as a powerful and elegant teaching and learning tool, placing educational value at the book's core
New to this edition - New two colour text design enlivens the book's presentation to fully engage students, and enhance the educational value of the illustrations presented
- New online resource centre featuring figures from the book available to download, and a downloadable solutions manual
- New boxes throughout, to augment the content of the main text, and relate key concepts to familiar contexts, such as the PC
- Advanced topics from chapter 12 integrated throughout the book, offering deeper insights into key topics
- Revised structure, featuring four new chapters (5, 8, 9, 11):
The Instruction Set Architecture;
Peripherals for computers;
ARM and RISC now split across two new chapters:
Accelerating Performance;
Processor Architectures.
- New coverage within existing chapters includes:
History of computing in Chapter 1;
Error detecting codes and data compressing codes in Chapter 4;
The Bus in Chapter 10;
A summary of the latest optical memory technology in Chapter 9.
Computer technology pervades almost every aspect of our life: from the cars that we drive, to the mobile phones that we use to communicate; from the digital cameras that capture images of the world around us, to the laser printers that turn image into picture. Yet at the heart of these enabling technologies lie fundamental components and systems, without the understanding of which such technologies would never have been developed.
Principles of Computer Hardware explores the fundamentals of computer structure, architecture, and programming that underpin the array of computerized technologies around which our lives are now built.
The book opens with an introduction to the fundamental concepts upon which
computers are constructed - gates, circuits, logic - and computer arithmetic, the 'language' through which computers communicate. It then reveals how computers are structured and how they operate, taking us step-wise from the instruction set architecture, the bringing together of instructions through assembly language programming, and on to the heart of the computer, the central processing unit. The book then builds on these foundations to consider how the hardware interfaces with its surroundings, introducing us to topics such as computer memory; operating systems and the interface between hardware and software; and computer peripherals and computer communications - the interface with the outside world.
Always putting educational value first, Principles of Computer
Hardware uses the 68K processor as a powerful teaching and learning tool, putting substance firmly before style. With the clarity of explanation and captivating style for which Alan Clements is renowned, the book draws the student in to the heart of the subject, to foster an in-depth understanding from which more specialised study can then extend.
The learning experience is enriched still further with a free CD-ROM, providing resources to enable students to engage with the subject in a hands-on manner:
· A Windows-based simulator for the student to explore the design of digital circuits
· Windows and DOS-based 68K simulators for students to investigate the operation of the 68K processor
· An ARM simulator for students to write
programs for a RISC processor, and run them on a PC
Online Resource Centre:
For lecturers (password protected):
· Figures from the book available to download, to facilitate lecture preparation
· Solutions to problems featured in the book, to aid formative learning
· Multiple choice question test bank, to facilitate assessment of students' learningReadership: First and second year undergraduates taking a first course in computer hardware. Also of interest as preparatory reading to advanced students studying computer architecture.
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Alan Clements, University of Teesside
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"The fourth edition of this classic textbook continues to encompass the range of topics that comprise a typical introductory university level course in computer hardware. As with the previous edition the author writes with great clarity, and conveys both his expertise and enthusiasm for the subject. This is a great choice for adoption in an introductory hardware course in computer science and related disciplines." - ITNow, 2006
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1: Introduction to computer hardware
2: Gates, Circuits, and Combinational Logic
3: Sequential logic
4: Computer arithmetic
5: The Instruction Set Architecture
6: Assembly language programming
7: Structure of the CPU
8: Accelerating Performance
9: Processor Architectures
10: Buses and Input/Output Mechanisms
11: Peripherals for Computers
12: Computer memory
13: The CPU, memory and the operating system
14: Computer communications
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
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The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.
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