Product Description

This study text is designed for students on introductory computer architecture courses as part of a computer science related degree. Different institutions take a different view of what range of hardware or architectural issues should be covered in the first year of a degree course, but it is a topic area included in most courses. These courses and modules have a variety of titles including Computer Architecture, Computer Systems, Computer Platforms and Computing Machines. The book is a clear and concise introduction to the subject, and will help students get to grips with difficult concepts, and understand how they are likely to be assessed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #692973 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

About the Author
Elena Gaura is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Systems at Coventry University with experience of designing and teaching introductory computer systems architecture and research in neural networks.

Robert M Newman is Head of Computer Science at Coventry University. As well as having taught computer architecture at several levels, he is an award winning computer designer.

Dominic Hibbs is a Senior Lecturer in Network Systems at Coventry University with many years' experience in further and higher education.

Customer Reviews

Computer Systems Architecture
This is a very slim volume, and as such can only provide a very shallow overview of the subject. Do NOT rely on this book to get you through your Computer Systems Architecture module(Use it as a primer if you really have no clue about the subject).

The diagrams are pixellated and amateur, and the notation used for boolean algebra changes from page to page as each author pens their pages.

It's slim and does not appear to have been professionally typeset or proofread.

However, I have had the pleasure of being lectured to by two of the authors, and they are extremely knowledgeable and capable. The small amount of information you can glean from this book is correct and insightful.

There are better books on this subject out there.

A great introduction
This was one of the books on my uni list and I bought it partly because it was cheaper than some of the others. It was really easy to read and has good questions and answers at the end of chapters. If you want to go into any of the topics in depth then you will have to get a bigger book, but I would recommend this book to anyone as a good starting point and a clear intro to the subject.