Introduction to Computer Architecture and Organization

Reviews architectures and operation of conventional computers. The term 'architecture' can be used to refer to the view of a conventional computer as shown by its assembly language, as well as in other contexts. This reference considers the basic elements of a conventional computer architecture, compilation, data coding, registers, memory addressing, instruction sets, branching in programs, subroutines, interrupts, virtual memory, input/output, instruction execution, increasing performance, instruction lookahead, parallel and pipeline instruction execution.