Includes bibliographical references (pages 670-696) and index.
Overview -- Introduction -- Brief History -- Computer System -- Computer Interconnection Structures -- Internal and External Memory -- Input/Output -- Operating Systems -- Central Processing Unit -- Computer Arithmetic -- Instruction Sets: Characteristics and Functions -- Instruction Sets: Addressing Modes and Formats -- CPU Structure and Function -- Control Unit -- Control Unit Operation -- Microprogrammed Control -- Performance Enhancement -- Reduced Instruction Set Computers -- Superscalar Processors -- Parallel Organization. Appendix: Digital Logic. pt. I. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. pt. II. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. pt. III. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. pt. IV. Ch. 11. Ch. 12. pt. V. Ch. 13. Ch. 14. Ch. 15.