Computer Organization and Embedded Systems | 6th Edition  (Paperback, Carl Hamacher, Zvonko Vranesic, Safwat Zaky, Naraig Manjikian)

The sixth edition of Computer Organization and Embedded Systems covers the key topics of the subject. It presents hardware design principles and shows how hardware design is influenced by the requirements of software. The book carefully explains the main principles supported by examples drawn from commercially available processors. The book is suitable for undergraduate computer engineering students and computer science specialists. Salient Features: 1. Examines four popular processors like Altera's Nios II, Freescale's ColdFire, ARM, and Intels IA-32 in detail 2. Extensively covers embedded systems, arguing that many devices previously not thought of as computers do, in fact, have computers in them 3. Discusses Microcontrollers and system-on-a-chip implementations 4. Contains graduated difficulty problems at the end of each chapter classified as Easy, Medium, or Difficult, allowing instructors to assign problems based on difficulty level