This print textbook is available for students to rent for their classes. The Pearson print rental program provides students with affordable access to learning materials, so they come to class ready to succeed. For graduate and undergraduate courses in computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering. Comprehensively covers processor and computer design fundamentals Computer Organization and Architecture, 11th Edition is about the structure and function of computers. Its purpose is to present, as clearly and completely as possible, the nature and characteristics of modern-day computer systems. Written in a clear, concise, and engaging style, author William Stallings provides a thorough discussion of the fundamentals of computer organization and architecture and relates these to contemporary design issues. Subjects such as I/O functions and structures, RISC, and parallel processors are thoroughly explored alongside real-world examples that enhance the text and build student interest. Incorporating brand-new material and strengthened pedagogy, the 11th Edition keeps students up to date with recent innovations and improvements in the field of computer organization and architecture.

Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction

Chapter 1. Basic Concepts and Computer Evolution

Chapter 2. Performance Concepts

Part Two: The Computer System

Chapter 3. A Top-Level View of Computer Function and Interconnection

Chapter 4. The Memory Hierarchy: Locality and Performance

Chapter 5. Cache Memory

Chapter 6. Internal Memory

Chapter 7. External Memory

Chapter 8. Input/Output

Chapter 9. Operating System Support

Part Three: Arithmetic And Logic

Chapter 10. Number Systems

Chapter 11. Computer Arithmetic

Chapter 12. Digital Logic

Part Four: Instruction Sets And Assembly Language

Chapter 13. Instruction Sets: Characteristics and Functions

Chapter 14. Instruction Sets: Addressing Modes and Formats

Chapter 15. Assembly Language and Related Topics

Part Five: The Central Processing Unit

Chapter 16. Processor Structure and Function

Chapter 17. Reduced Instruction Set Computers

Chapter 18. Instruction-Level Parallelism and Superscalar Processors

Chapter 19. Control Unit Operation and Microprogrammed Control

Part Six: Parallel Organization

Chapter 20. Parallel Processing

Chapter 21. Multicore Computers

Appendix A. System Buses

Appendix B. Victim Cache Strategies

Appendix C. Interleaved Memory

Appendix D. The International Reference Alphabet

Appendix E. Stacks

Appendix F. Recursive Procedures

Appendix G. Additional Instruction Pipeline Topics

About the Author

William Stallings is an American author. He has written textbooks on computer science topics such as operating systems, computer networks, computer organization, and cryptography. He also maintains a website titled Computer Science Student Resource. He has authored 17 titles, and counting revised editions, a total of over 40 books on various aspects of these subjects. In over 20 years in the field, he has been a technical contributor, technical manager, and an executive with several high-technology firms. Currently he is an independent consultant whose clients have included computer and networking manufacturers and customers, software development firms, and leading-edge government research institutions.

Stallings received his doctorate in computer science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He has received the award for the best Computer Science textbook of the year from the Text and Academic Authors Association three times.