Inside the Machine: An Illustrated Introduction to Microprocessors and Computer Architecture (Paperback)

Jon Stokes

  • 出版商: No Starch Press
  • 出版日期: 2006-12-01
  • 售價: $2,300
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$2,185
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 320
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 1593276680
  • ISBN-13: 9781593276683
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商品描述

This is a softcover version of the original hardcover edition released December 28, 2006 (ISBN 9781593271046).

Computers perform countless tasks ranging from the business critical to the recreational, but regardless of how differently they may look and behave, they're all amazingly similar in basic function. Once you understand how the microprocessor-or central processing unit (CPU)-works, you'll have a firm grasp of the fundamental concepts at the heart of all modern computing.

Inside the Machine, from the co-founder of the highly respected Ars Technica website, explains how microprocessors operate-what they do and how they do it. Now in softcover, the book uses analogies, full-color diagrams, and clear language to convey the ideas that form the basis of modern computing. After discussing computers in the abstract, the book examines specific microprocessors from Intel, IBM, and Motorola, from the original models up through today's leading processors. It contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available (online or in print) on Intel's latest processors: the Pentium M, Core, and Core 2 Duo. Inside the Machine also explains technology terms and concepts that readers often hear but may not fully understand, such as "pipelining," "L1 cache," "main memory," "superscalar processing," and "out-of-order execution."

Includes discussion of:

  • Parts of the computer and microprocessor
  • Programming fundamentals (arithmetic instructions, memory accesses, control flow instructions, and data types)
  • Intermediate and advanced microprocessor concepts (branch prediction and speculative execution)
  • Intermediate and advanced microprocessor concepts (branch prediction and speculative execution)
  • Intermediate and advanced computing concepts (instruction set architectures, RISC and CISC, the memory hierarchy, and encoding and decoding machine language instructions)
  • 64-bit computing vs. 32-bit computing
  • Caching and performance

Inside the Machine is perfect for students of science and engineering, IT and business professionals, and the growing community of hardware tinkerers who like to dig into the guts of their machines.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這是原版於2006年12月28日發行的精裝書的平裝版本(ISBN 9781593271046)。

電腦執行無數任務,從業務關鍵到娛樂,但無論它們看起來和行為如何不同,它們在基本功能上都非常相似。一旦你了解微處理器或稱中央處理器(CPU)的運作方式,你就能牢牢掌握現代計算的核心概念。

《Inside the Machine》是高度受尊敬的Ars Technica網站的聯合創始人所著,該書解釋了微處理器的運作方式,包括它們做什麼以及如何做到。這本平裝書使用類比、全彩圖表和清晰的語言來傳達現代計算的基礎概念。在討論抽象的計算機之後,本書還檢視了來自Intel、IBM和Motorola的特定微處理器,從最初的型號到現今領先的處理器。它包含了關於Intel最新處理器(Pentium M、Core和Core 2 Duo)的最全面和最新的信息(無論是在線還是印刷版)。《Inside the Machine》還解釋了讀者經常聽到但可能不完全理解的技術術語和概念,例如“流水線處理”、“L1快取”、“主記憶體”、“超純量處理”和“無序執行”。

內容包括:

- 電腦和微處理器的組成部分
- 編程基礎(算術指令、記憶體訪問、控制流指令和數據類型)
- 中級和高級微處理器概念(分支預測和推測執行)
- 中級和高級計算概念(指令集架構、RISC和CISC、記憶體層次結構以及編碼和解碼機器語言指令)
- 64位計算與32位計算
- 快取和性能

《Inside the Machine》非常適合科學和工程學的學生、IT和商業專業人士,以及喜歡深入研究機器內部結構的硬體愛好者。