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Understanding Computer Organization

A Guide to Principles Across RISC-V, ARM Cortex, and Intel Architectures

  • Textbook
  • Jul 2024

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Authors:
  1. Patricio Bulić

    1. Faculty of Computer Science, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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  • Provides a comprehensive and technical overview of computer organization
  • Offers sections on memory architecture and design, buses, interrupts, DMA and IO subsystems
  • Suitable for students in CS, or computer or electrical engineering, interested in computer design

Part of the book series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science (UTICS)

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Keywords

  • Memory Design
  • DDR SDRMAs
  • Buses Timing Diagrams
  • DMA
  • Interrupts
  • APIC
  • IO APIC
  • PCI Interrupts
  • Bus Mastering
  • GPU
  • GPU Programming
  • PCIe
  • SDRAMs
  • Buses
  • Interrupt controllers
  • LAPIC
  • Intel i7 Virtual Memory
  • Page Coloring
  • Caches
  • DRAMs

About this book

This textbook unlocks modern computer organizations' secrets, with real-world examples from RISC-V, ARM, and Intel-based computer systems. The guide provides a comprehensive yet accessible explanation of fundamental principles and components and serves as a gateway to mastering the interplay between hardware and software. It demystifies complex concepts and provides clear explanations and practical insights into their roles in computing systems. 

Topics and features:

  • Provides comprehensive coverage of computer organization principles across three major architectures (RISC-V, ARM Cortex, and Intel), ensuring a broad understanding of modern computing
  • Includes numerous practical explanations using real-world examples from each architecture, offering hands-on insights into memory-mapped I/O, interrupts, DMA, and various memory technologies
  • Presents detailed exploration of diverse components such as interrupts and their usage, interrupt controllers, DMA transfers, and DMA controllers
  • Offers exploration of DDRx SDRAM memory, SDRAM controllers, DIMM modules, caches, and virtual memory

Concise and yet thorough, this useful textbook/guide equips readers with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate the complexities of computer organization, making it essential reading for students and professionals.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Computer Science, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Patricio Bulić

About the author

Patricio Bulic is associate professor of the faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.  He co-authored the successful Springer textbook, Introduction to Parallel Computing.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding Computer Organization

  • Book Subtitle: A Guide to Principles Across RISC-V, ARM Cortex, and Intel Architectures

  • Authors: Patricio Bulić

  • Series Title: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-58074-1Due: 20 July 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-58075-8Due: 20 July 2024

  • Series ISSN: 1863-7310

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-1781

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 316

  • Number of Illustrations: 56 b/w illustrations, 127 illustrations in colour

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