Download or read book Introduction to Computer Architecture and Organization written by Harold Lorin and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1989-05-03 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the nature of computer architecture and organization. Presents interesting problems with elegant solutions, with emphasis on the abstract elements of the problems common to all computer design. Addresses the several schools of thought on what constitutes a ``good'' computer architecture, focusing on the current RISC versus non-RISC approaches. Also discusses the downward drift of design sophistication to smaller machines, such as pipelines, caches, and overlapped I/O. Includes many examples of specific machines and the design philosophy behind them.