Evolution of Computer Systems Computer System Design: Hierarchical Levels Information Representation Central Processing Unit Controller Design Memory Subsystem Secondary Storage Input-Output Devices Input-Output Processing Computer System Architecture Computer Networking, Internet and Wireless Networks

The merging of computer and communication technologies with consumer electronics has opened up new vistas for a wide variety of designs of computing systems for diverse application areas.

This revised and updated third edition on Computer Organization and Design strives to make the students keep pace with the changes, both in technology and pedagogy in the fast-growing discipline of computer science and engineering. The basic principles of how the intended behaviour of complex functions can be realized with the interconnected network of digital blocks are explained in an easy-to-understand style.