Includes bibliographical references (p. 613-629) and index.

. Introduction. 2. Computer Systems Organization. 3. The Digital Logic Level. 4. The Microarchitecture Level. 5. The Instruction Set Architecture Level. 6. The Operating System Machine Level. 7. The Assembly Language Level. 8. Parallel Computer Architectures. 9. Reading List and Bibliography. Appendix A: Binary Numbers. Appendix B: Floating-Point Numbers.

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