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Welcome to the second edition of Modern Computer Architecture and Organization. It has been my pleasure to receive a great deal of feedback and comments from readers of the first edition. Of course, I appreciate all input from readers, especially those who bring any errors and omissions to my attention.
This book presents the key technologies and components employed in modern processor and computer architectures and discusses how various architectural decisions result in computer configurations optimized for specific needs.
To understate the situation quite drastically, modern computers are complicated devices. Yet, when viewed in a hierarchical manner, the functions of each level of complexity become clear. We will cover a great many topics in these chapters and will only have space to explore each of them to a limited degree. My goal is to provide a coherent introduction to each important tech- nology and subsystem you might find in a modern computing device and explain its relationship to other system components. This edition includes updates on technologies that have advanced since the publication of the first edition and adds significant new content in several important areas related to computer architecture. New chapters cover the topics of cybersecurity, blockchain and bitcoin mining, and self-driving vehicle computing architectures. |