Structured Computer Organization

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Prentice Hall, 1990 - Computers - 587 pages
Completely updated, this book explains how computer designers can follow the structured model to develop efficient hardware and software systems. New information has been included on UNIX, OS/2, INTEL 8088/80286/80386, Motorola 68000/68020/68030 and RISC machine. The operation of a typical IBM PC clone is now described in detail at the chip level.

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Contents

INTRODUCTION
1
THE OPERATING SYSTEM MACHINE LEVEL
6
THE MICROPROGRAMMING LEVEL
161
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Andrew S. Tanenbaum is a professor of computer science at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam where he has taught courses in computer organization, operating systems and networks for over 30 years to thousands of students

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