Includes index.

Overview: Introduction -- Computer evolution and performance -- The Computer system: A Top- level view of computer function and interconnection -- Cache memory -- Internal memory technology -- External memory -- Input/ output -- Operating system support -- The Central processing unit: Computer arithmetic -- Instruction sets: charaterisitcs and functions -- Instructon sets addressing modes and formats -- Processor structure and function -- Reduced instruction set computers (RISCs) -- Instruction- level parallelsim and superscalar processors -- Control unit operation -- Microprogrammed control -- Parallel organization: Parallel processing -- Multicore computers -- Appendix A: Projects for teaching computer organization and architecture -- Assembly language and related topics -- Online chapters: Number systems -- Digital logic -- The IA- 64 Architrecture.