{"product_id":"essentials-of-computer-architecture-hardback","title":"Essentials of Computer Architecture - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis easy-to-read textbook provides an introduction to computer architecture, focusing on the essential aspects of hardware that programmers need to know. Written from a programmer’s point of view, \u003cstrong\u003eEssentials of Computer Architecture, Third Edition,\u003c\/strong\u003e covers the three key aspects of architecture: processors, physical and virtual memories, and input-output (I\/O) systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis third edition is updated in view of advances in the field. Most students only have experience with high-level programming languages, and almost no experience tinkering with electronics and hardware. As such, this text is revised to follow a top-down approach, moving from discussions on how a compiler transforms a source program into binary code and data, to explanations of how a computer represents data and code in binary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdditional chapters cover parallelism and data pipelining, assessing the performance of computer systems, and the important topic of power and energy consumption. Exclusive to this third edition, a new chapter explains multicore processors and how coherence hardware provides a consistent view of the values in memory even though each core has its own cache.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuitable for a one-semester undergraduate course, this clear, concise, and easy-to-read textbook offers an ideal introduction to computer architecture for students studying computer programming.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45547220500718,"sku":"9781032727196","price":134.3,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/essentials-of-computer-architecture-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}