Complex system architecture. How to assemble a modern computer according to all the rules. Nisan N., Shoken Sh.

The best way to understand how computers work is to build one of them from scratch!

So the authors of this book think and therefore offer a practical approach to the study of computer systems. Not only an exhaustive theoretical description of the work of a modern computer awaits you inside you, but also the algorithm of the specific steps necessary for its design.

Thanks to the book, you will learn how to understand the following topics:

- hardware /p>

- computer architecture

- Language and high level languages ​​

- virtual machines

- compilers

- programming

- Operating systems

- data structures and algorithms

- Program engineering

The unique feature of the book is that all these topics Closely connected and clearly focused on the main goal: the creation of a modern computer system from scratch.

The textbook is completely self -sufficient: all the necessary knowledge to build the hardware and software systems described in it is inside.

Part I “hardware” does not require preliminary knowledge, which makes projects 1-6 available to any student and self -taught.

Part II “Software” and projects 7-12 require preliminary study of programming (in any high -level language).

, unlike other textbooks that cover only one aspect of the topic, “The architecture of computer systems” gives an integral and comprehensive knowledge of applied computer science, necessary for creating our own projects.

“We wrote this book, because we have the impression that many of those who study computer science do not see the forest Behind the trees. A typical student runs through a series of programming courses, theory and engineering, not stopping to evaluate the beauty of the overall picture. And the picture in general is such that hardware, software and applied systems are closely related to each other, which is not obvious, through the hidden web of abstractions, interfaces and contract implementations. ” - Noam Nisan, Shimon Shocen