Title:
Microprocessor. 1, Prolegomena -- Calculation and storage functions -- Models of computation and computer architecture
Author:
Darche, Philippe.
ISBN:
9781119779667
9781119779650
Publication Information:
Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2020.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (218 pages)
Series:
Computer engineering series
Computer engineering series (London, England)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Quotation -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Function of Computation -- 1.1. Beginnings -- 1.2. Classes of computers -- 1.3. Analog approach -- 1.4. Hardware-software relationship -- 1.5. Integration and its limits -- 1.6. Conclusion -- Chapter 2 The Function of Memory -- 2.1. Definition -- 2.2. Related concepts -- 2.2.1. A story of endianness -- 2.2.2. Alignment -- 2.3. Modeling -- 2.4. Classification -- 2.5. Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Computation Model and Architecture: Illustration with the von Neumann Approach
3.1. Basic concepts -- 3.1.1. The idea of a program -- 3.1.2. Control and data flows and mechanisms -- 3.1.3. Models of computation -- 3.1.4. Architectures -- 3.1.5. The semantic gap -- 3.2. The original von Neumann machine -- 3.2.1. von Neumann's computation model -- 3.2.2. von Neumann's (machine) architecture -- 3.2.3. Control -- 3.3. Modern von Neumann machines -- 3.3.1. Abstraction level -- 3.3.2. Base execution outline -- 3.3.3. Possible transfers -- 3.3.4. Summary: advantages and disadvantages of this model -- 3.4. Variations on a theme -- 3.4.1. Classification by bus
3.4.2. Harvard architectures -- 3.4.3. Parallelism -- 3.5. Instruction set architecture -- 3.5.1. Storage components -- 3.5.2. Data format and type -- 3.5.3. Instruction set -- 3.5.4. Memory model -- 3.5.5. Execution modes -- 3.5.6. Miscellaneous -- 3.6. Basic definitions for this book -- 3.7. Conclusion -- Conclusion of Volume 1 -- Exercises -- Acronyms -- References -- Index -- Other titles from ISTE in Computer Engineering
Abstract:
Since its commercialization in 1971, the microprocessor, a modern and integrated form of the central processing unit, has continuously broken records in terms of its integrated functions, computing power, low costs and energy saving status. Today, it is present in almost all electronic devices. Sound knowledge of its internal mechanisms and programming is essential for electronics and computer engineers to understand and master computer operations and advanced programming concepts. This book in five volumes focuses more particularly on the first two generations of microprocessors, those that handle 4- and 8- bit integers. Microprocessor 1 - the first of five volumes - presents the computation function, recalls the memory function and clarifies the concepts of computational models and architecture. A comprehensive approach is used, with examples drawn from current and past technologies that illustrate theoretical concepts, making them accessible.
Local Note:
John Wiley and Sons
Electronic Access:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119779667Copies:
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