This book lays out the concepts necessary to understand how a computer works.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Part 1. Elements of a Basic Architecture
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. The Basic Modules
• Chapter 3. The Representation of Information
• Part 2. Programming Model and Operation
• Chapter 4. Instructions
• Chapter 5. The Processor
• Chapter 6. Inputs and Outputs
• Part 3. Memory Hierarchy
• Chapter 7. Memory
• Chapter 8. Caches
• Chapter 9. Virtual Memory
• Part 4. Parallelism and Performance Enhancement
• Chapter 10. Pipeline Architectures
• Chapter 11. Example of an Architecture
• Chapter 12. Caches in a Multiprocessor Environment
• Chapter 13. Superscalar Architectures
• Part 5. Appendices
• Appendix A. Hints and Solutions
• Appendix B. Programming Models
• Bibliography