Computer Design and Architecture by Sajjan G. ShivaISBN: 9780824703684
Publication Date: 2000
An introductory text for undergraduates that proceeds by the step-by- step construction of a simple hypothetical computer. Shiva (computer science, U. of Alabama) covers combinational logic circuits, synchronous sequential circuits, hardware design, input/output structures, data and instruction representations, cache and virtual memory organizations, reduced instruction sets, and parallel processing. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)