Structured Computer OrganizationPreserving the same popular structure found in the previous four editions of this best-selling book, Andrew Tanenbaum teaches that a computer can be structured as a hierarchy of levels. In this book he covers them all, including the digital logic level, the microarchitecture level, the instruction set architecture level, the operating system machine level and the assembly language level. |
Contents
THE MICROPROGRAMMING LEVEL | 4 |
MULTILEVEL MACHINES | 8 |
COMPUTER SYSTEMS ORGANIZATION | 19 |
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address space arithmetic assembly language base register binary number Boolean buffer byte called character chip circuit clock compiler complement contains control store conventional machine level CP/M decimal decoding descriptor disk EPROM example execution fetch field floating-point format function gates goto hardware I/O devices implemented input instruction set integer interpreter interrupt jump latch level 2 machine loaded logical record machine language macro main memory memory address memory word microcomputer microinstruction microprocessor microprogram microprogramming level MULTICS needed octal one's complement opcode operand operating system output parameters parity bit processor program counter PUSH running scratchpad secondary memory sectors segment semaphore shift shown in Fig signals specified stack pointer subcycle symbol tion track two's complement variables virtual address virtual machine virtual memory Virtual page write