Computers - Computer Architecture

Transaction processing is an established technique for the concurrent and fault- tolerant access of persistent data. While this technique has been successful in standard database systems, factors such as time-critical applications, emerg- ing technologies, and a re-examination of existing systems suggest that the performance,...

Virtual Machine technology applies the concept of virtualization to an entire machine, circumventing real machine compatibility constraints and hardware resource constraints to enable a higher degree of software portability and flexibility. Virtual machines are rapidly becoming an essential element in computer system design. They...

This book was written with the novice or intermediate 8052 developer in mind. Assuming no prior knowledge of the 8052, it takes the reader step-by-step through the architecture including discussions and explanations of concepts such as internal RAM, external RAM, Special Function Registers (SFRs),...

Become a security automation expert and build solutions that save time while making your organization more secureKey Features: What's inside An exploration of the SOAR platform's full features to streamline your security operations Lots of automation techniques to improve your investigative ability Actionable advice...

Having a great idea or design is not enough to make your software project succeed. If you want stakeholders to buy into your design and teams to collaborate and contribute to the vision, you also need to communicate effectively. In this practical book, author...

Messy code is a nuisance. "Tidying" code, to make it more readable, requires breaking it up into manageable sections. In this practical guide, author Kent Beck, creator of Extreme Programming and pioneer of software patterns, suggests when and where you might apply tidyings to...

This proven textbook guides readers to a thorough understanding of the theory and design of operational amplifiers (OpAmps). The core of the book presents systematically the design of operational amplifiers, classifying them into a periodic system of nine main overall configurations, ranging from one...

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This book describes the first comprehensive approach to the optimization of interconnect architectures in 3D systems on chips (SoCs), specially addressing the challenges and opportunities arising from heterogeneous integration. Readers learn about the physical implications of using heterogeneous 3D technologies for SoC integration, while...

While GPS is the de-facto solution for outdoor positioning with a clear sky view, there is no prevailing technology for GPS-deprived areas, including dense city centers, urban canyons, buildings and other covered structures, and subterranean facilities such as underground mines, where GPS signals are...

Build robust, production-ready microservices in gRPC Go to enhance the scalability and efficiency of your APIs in real-world applicationsPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey Features: Discover essential guidelines to steer clear of pitfalls when designing and evolving your...

Go beyond the basics of Kubernetes and explore more advanced concepts, including Kubernetes in production, governance, serverless computing, and service meshes.Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key Features Master Kubernetes architecture and design to build, deploy, and...

Automate the delivery of applications using Tekton Pipelines and Triggers to deploy new releases quickly and more efficientlyKey Features: Learn how to create powerful pipelines using CI/CD tools Understand how to run, deploy and test applications directly in a cloud-native environment Explore the new...

Provides first book focusing on MASH CT-ΔΣMs, including detailed design fundamentals Covers both circuit- and system-level design considerations and provides design methodologies and examples Enables readers to implement architectures designed to face the challenges of the next generation of wireless communication systems that demand...

This book is an all-encompassing guide to the world of artificial intelligence (AI). Its aim is to provide a comprehensive understanding of AI, covering its uses, applications, and impact on our daily lives. It delves into the workings and emergence of AI, providing a...

The Rabbit 3000 is a popular high-performance microprocessor specifically designed for embedded control, communications, and Ethernet connectivity. This new technical reference book will help designers get the most out of the Rabbit's powerful feature set. The first book on the market to focus exclusively...

This book assumes familiarity with threads (in a language such as Ada, C#, or Java) and introduces the entity-life modeling (ELM) design approach for certain kinds of multithreaded software. ELM focuses on "reactive systems," which continuously interact with the problem environment. These "reactive systems"...

This book describes the recent innovation of deep in-memory architectures for realizing AI systems that operate at the edge of energy-latency-accuracy trade-offs. From first principles to lab prototypes, this book provides a comprehensive view of this emerging topic for both the practicing engineer in...

This book presents models and procedures to design pipeline analog-to-digital converters, compensating for device inaccuracies, so that high-performance specs can be met within short design cycles. These models are capable of capturing and predicting the behavior of pipeline data converters within less than half-a-bit...

Learn the Raspberry Pi 3 from the experts! Raspberry Pi User Guide, 4th Edition is the "unofficial official" guide to everything Raspberry Pi 3. Written by the Pi's creator and a leading Pi guru, this book goes straight to the source to bring you...

The surge of multicore processors coming into the market and on users' desktops has made parallel computing the focus of attention once again. This time, however, it is led by the industry, which ensures that multicore computing is here to stay. Nevertheless, there is...

OS X and iOS Kernel Programming combines essential operating system and kernel architecture knowledge with a highly practical approach that will help you write effective kernel-level code. You'll learn fundamental concepts such as memory management and thread synchronization, as well as the I/O Kit...

Gain practical experience designing and building high-performance, secure, and scalable Salesforce solutions using real-world scenarios.Purchase of the book unlocks access to web-based exam prep resources like flashcards and a free eBook PDF.Key Features: Master each knowledge domain by applying key concepts to a real-world...

This book provides a hands-on, application-oriented guide to the entire IEEE standard 1800 SystemVerilog language. Readers will benefit from the step-by-step approach to learning the language and methodology nuances, which will enable them to design and verify complex ASIC/SoC and CPU chips. The author...

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING NEURAL NETWORKS A complete and authoritative discussion of systems engineering and neural networks In Systems Engineering Neural Networks, a team of distinguished researchers deliver a thorough exploration of the fundamental concepts underpinning the creation and improvement of neural networks with a systems...

This textbook for courses in Embedded Systems introduces students to necessary concepts, through a hands-on approach. LEARN BY EXAMPLE - This book is designed to teach the material the way it is learned, through example. Every concept is supported by numerous programming examples that...

Introduction.- Hardware Security Primitives and their Applications.- Racetrack PUF.- TERO PUF.- Direct Characterization PUF.- Volatile Memory Based PUF.- Emerging Memory Based PUF.- Extrinsic Characterization of PUF.- Radio PUFs and CoAs.- Optical PUFs.- True Random Number Generators.- Hardware Camouflaging.- Temper Detection Methods.- Embedded Watermarking.- Counterfeit...

The leading, no-nonsense guide to get you up to speed on the fundamentals of IT In CompTIA ITF+ CertMike: Prepare. Practice. Pass the Exam! Get Certified! Exam FC0-U61, experienced tech education guru Mike Chapple delivers an essential and efficient guide to acing the ITF+...

This textbook is designed for a second course on digital systems, focused on the design of digital circuits. It was originally designed to accompany a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) created at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), currently available on the Coursera platform....

This book provides a broad survey of the field of biochips, including fundamentals of microelectronics and biomaterials interaction with various, living tissues, as well as numerous, diverse applications. Although a wide variety of biochips will be described, there will be a focus on those...

This textbook explains the fundamentals of electric circuits and uses the transfer function as a tool to analyze circuits, systems, and filters. The author avoids the Fourier transform, since this topic is often not taught in circuits courses. General transfer functions for low pass,...

This book describes automated debugging approaches for the bugs and the faults which appear in different abstraction levels of a hardware system. The authors employ a transaction-based debug approach to systems at the transaction-level, asserting the correct relation of transactions. The automated debug approach...

This text describes modern embedded processing systems using the Field Programmable Gate Array. This new paradigm in embedded design utilizes the Verilog Hardware Descriptive Language behavioral synthesis of controller and datapath constructs and the finite state machine for digital signal processing, communications and control...

High Performance Parallelism Pearls Volume 2 offers another set of examples that demonstrate how to leverage parallelism. Similar to Volume 1, the techniques included here explain how to use processors and coprocessors with the same programming - illustrating the most effective ways to combine...

Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools, known to professors, students, and developers worldwide as the "Dragon Book," is available in a new edition. Every chapter has been completely revised to reflect developments in software engineering, programming languages, and computer architecture that have occurred since 1986,...

Skip the fluff and get straight to the essentials with an indispensable prep handbook for the CompTIA A+ Core 2 exam In CompTIA A+ CertMike: Prepare. Practice. Pass the Test! Get Certified!Core 2 Exam 220-1102, veteran tech experts and educators Mike Chapple and Mark...

Skip the fluff and get straight to the essentials with an indispensable prep handbook for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 exam In CompTIA A+ CertMike: Prepare. Practice. Pass the Test! Get Certified! Core 1 Exam 220-1101, veteran tech experts and educators Mike Chapple and...

A laser-focused and job-ready blueprint for success on the CompTIA Network+ exam and a running start on your first (or next) job in tech CompTIA Network+ CertMike: Prepare. Practice. Pass the Test! Get Certified! Exam N10-008 delivers a no-nonsense, straight-to-business guide to acing the...

This updated textbook covers digital design, fundamentals of computer architecture, and ARM assembly language. The book starts by introducing computer abstraction, basic number systems, character coding, basic knowledge in digital design, and components of a computer. The book goes on to discuss information representation...

Get up to date with the latest recipes for applying agile methodologies and techniques in model-based systems engineering (MBSE) and manage the growing complexity of systems in your organization with ease.Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key...

This textbook introduces basic and advanced embedded system topics through Arm Cortex M microcontrollers, covering programmable microcontroller usage starting from basic to advanced concepts using the STMicroelectronics Discovery development board. Designed for use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses on microcontrollers, microprocessor systems, and...

This textbook teaches students techniques for the design of advanced digital systems using System-on-Chip (SoC) Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). The author demonstrates design of custom hardware components for the FPGA fabric using VHDL, with implementation of custom hardware-software interfaces. Readers gain hands-on experience...

This is the first book to focus on the problem of ensuring the correctness of floating-point hardware designs through mathematical methods. Formal Verification of Floating-Point Hardware Design, Second Edition advances a verification methodology based on a unified theory of register-transfer logic and floating-point arithmetic...

A must-have Kubernetes book to learn key concepts for succeeding in any production environment, be it a greenfield Kubernetes environment or your cloud-native journeyKey Features: Advance in your Kubernetes journey with guidance from a seasoned k8s practitioner and trainer Discover best practices for implementing...

Author: Srinivas KatkooriISBN-10: 3030788431ISBN-13: 9783030788438Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/09/2023Pages: 398Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.85d

Quickly deliver microservices with CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline using software architecture patterns, microservices, and release pipelines Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey Features Learn software architecture and microservices design patterns from an AWS certified professional architect Develop...

Not since the 1980s has computer architecture been so exciting! This book captures the moment, mining the history of computing to teach key concepts in modern hardware design and introduce the neural and quantum architectures of the future. Computer Architecture is an in-depth exploration...

Recent technological developments in sensors, edge computing, connectivity, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have accelerated the integration of data analysis based on embedded AI capabilities into resource-constrained, energy-efficient hardware devices for processing information at the network edge. Embedded AI combines embedded machine learning (ML)...

Author: Bekkay Hajji, Adel Mellit, Loubna BouselhamISBN-10: 9811906173ISBN-13: 9789811906176Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/23/2023Pages: 328Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.72d

This book serves as a single-source reference to the latest advances in Approximate Computing (AxC), a promising technique for increasing performance or reducing the cost and power consumption of a computing system. The authors discuss the different AxC design and validation techniques, and their...