Publisher's Synopsis
"Introduction to computer organization equips students with the foundational and essential knowledge regarding how computers process numbers and organize data. Opening chapters address computer numbering systems, signed integer representation, floating point representation, and character codes. Students learn about bitwise operations, Boolean function, Karnaugh maps, digital circuit design, and computer memory. Additional chapters cover central processing units (CPUs) I/O processing, and instruction set architecture. The closing chapter provides students with a simple 16-bit RISC instruction set for a CPU. simulator"--Back cover.
