Basics of Computer Organization and Architecture: Problems and Solutions

The exemplar result of several years of teaching, laboratory experience and evaluation, Basics of Computer Organization and Architecture: Problems and Solutionsstarts with a brief history of electronic computers and covers all units of digital computers. This book educates its readers on a wide range of units, including; history of computers, number systems and codes, fixed point arithmetic, floating point arithmetic, decimal arithmetic, ALU Design, control unit, hardwired and micro-programmed control unit configurations and design, memories, memory interfacing, buses, examples of standard serial and parallel buses, input and output devices and I/O modes, introduction to 8 bit microprocessors and microcontrollers and more. Rao demonstrates problems in graded form starting from simple and increasing to reasonably complex in level. In its totality, this book serves as an essential text book on computer organization and architecture.