Computer Hardware and Organization: An Introduction
by Martha E. Sloan
Sales Rank: 2157788
$21.95 At Amazon
Hardcover: 514 pages
Publisher: Sra; 2nd edition March 1983
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0024115703
ISBN-13: 978-0024115706
Customer Reviews & Comments
This review is from: Computer Hardware Organization (Hardcover)
When I first began my study of digital logic, I was fortunate that the first book I used was "Digital Computer Electronics: An Introduction to Microcomputers" by Malvino. After working through that book, I moved on to this one. While this one is also dated, it still provides a sound introduction to the fundamental principles of digital circuitry before it moves on to the basics of programming in assembly language. The chapter titles are: *) Combinational logic *) Combinational logic circuits and logic technologies *) Sequential logic *) Register-transfer logic *) Arithmetic unit *) Machine language programming *) Assembly language programming *) Memory *) Input/output *) Computer systems The last chapter is the one that is most dated, the systems covered are: *) Hp-35 calculator *) HP 41C *) MCS-4 microcomputer *) PDP-8 *) PDP-11 *) VAX-11 *) Motorola M6800 *) Motorola M68004 *) IBM 370 *) Computer networks However, using the principle of starting at the beginning, an examination of these processors and their instruction sets is an excellent place to continue the process of learning exactly what goes on inside a computer chip. Therefore, this book, in combination with the one by Malvino mentioned earlier, still make up an excellent combination for the person who wants to learn the basics of digital circuitry.
