Table of Contents

1 Basic Structure of Computers2 Machine Instructions and Programs3 ARM, Motorola, and Intel Instruction Sets4 Input/Output Organization5 The Memory System6 Arithmetic7 Basic Processing Unit8 Pipelining 9 Embedded Systems10 Computer Peripherals11 Processor Families12 Large Computer SystemsAppendix A Logic CircuitsAppendix B ARM Instruction SetAppendix C Motorola 68000Instruction SetAppendix D Intel IA-32 Instruction Set Appendix E Character Codes and Number Conversion

About the Author

V. Carl Hamacher (Toronto, Canada) Professor of Computer Engineering at Queens University, Canada. Zvonko Vranesic (Toronto, Canada) Professor of Computer Engineering at Toronto University, Canada. Safwat Zaky (Toronto, Canada) Professor of Computer Engineering at Toronto University, Canada.