Inside the Machine: An Illustrated Introduction to Microprocessors and Computer Architecture - Softcover

Stokes, Jon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593276680 ISBN 13: 9781593276683

Publisher: No Starch Press, 2015

Synopsis

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

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About the Author

Jon M. Stokes is co-founder of and Senior CPU Editor for Ars Technica. He has written extensively on microprocessor architecture and the technical aspects of personal computing for a variety of publications. Stokes holds a degree in computer engineering from Louisiana State University and two advanced degrees in the humanities from Harvard University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago.

Edition details

• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1593276680
• ISBN 13: 9781593276683
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 320