Chapter 1. Introduction

Table of Contents

1.1. Foreword
1.1.1. Origins
1.1.2. Structure
1.2. Historic Perspective
1.2.1. Stone Age
1.2.2. Transistors
1.2.3. Low Integration
1.2.4. High Integration
1.3. Basic Concepts
1.3.1. Hardware Building Blocks
1.3.2. Basic Computer Architecture
1.3.3. Advances In Processor Architecture
1.3.4. Advances In Memory Architecture
1.3.5. Advances In Bus Architecture
1.3.6. Operating System Structure