Computers - Computer Architecture

Securing Cloud Services - A pragmatic guide gives an overview of security architecture processes and explains how they may be used to derive an appropriate set of security controls to manage the risks associated with working in the Cloud. The book: Introduces the concepts...

You are probably reading this book for two reasons: you are either a programmer or you are seeking to be a better programmer. If these two describe you, then you have chosen the right book.This book will give you all the necessary tips and...

Amazon has become one of the world's most valuable assets that not only generate revenues from selling goods but has cloud computing and web hosting facilities as its potential profit drivers. The company's revenue figures have hit the billion mark, emerging itself as one...

Author: Onur Yılmaz, Sathsara SarathchandraISBN-10: 1838983279ISBN-13: 9781838983277Publisher: Packt PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/28/2019Pages: 474Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.78lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.95d

This book helps readers create good VHDL descriptions and simulate VHDL designs. It teaches VHDL using selected sample problems, which are solved step by step and with precise explanations, so that readers get a clear idea of what a good VHDL code should look...

You can find a whole range of programming textbooks intended for complete beginners. However, this one is exceptional to certain extent. The whole textbook is designed as a record of the dialogue of the author with his daughter who wants to learn programming. The...

This concise guide is designed to enable the reader to learn how to program in assembly language as quickly as possible. Through a hands-on programming approach, readers will also learn about the architecture of the Intel processor, and the relationship between high-level and low-level...

Author: Konrad Clapa, Brian GerrardISBN-10: 1838555277ISBN-13: 9781838555276Publisher: Packt PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/18/2019Pages: 520Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.95lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 1.05d

Based upon the authors' experience in designing and deploying an embedded Linux system with a variety of applications, Embedded Linux System Design and Development contains a full embedded Linux system development roadmap for systems architects and software programmers. Explaining the issues that arise out...

Advancements in microprocessor architecture, interconnection technology, and software development have fueled rapid growth in parallel and distributed computing. However, this development is only of practical benefit if it is accompanied by progress in the design, analysis and programming of parallel algorithms. This concise textbook...

This book covers essential topics in the architecture and design of Internet of Things (IoT) systems. The authors provide state-of-the-art information that enables readers to design systems that balance functionality, bandwidth, and power consumption, while providing secure and safe operation in the face of...

Chapter 1: State of the Art Programmable Logic 1Chapter 2: Vivado Design Tools 17Chapter 3: IP Flows 23Chapter 4: Gigabit Transceivers 35Chapter 5: Memory Controllers 49Chapter 6: Processor Options 65Chapter 7: Vivado IP Integrator 75Chapter 8: SysGen for DSP 85Chapter 9: Synthesis 97Chapter 10:...

Introduction.- Reconfigurable Real-Time Memory Controller Architecture.- Memory Patterns.- Cycle-Accurate SDRAM Power Modeling.- Power/Performance Trade-Offs.- Conservative Open-Page Policy.- Reconfiguration.- Related Work.- Conclusions and Future Work.- Appendix A: ILP Problem Formation.- Appendix B: Memory Specifications.- Appendix C: Code Listings.- Appendix D: List of Acronyms.- Appendix E:...

Provides a state-of-the-art reference in analog circuit design, written by experts from industry and academia Presents material in a tutorial-based format Includes coverage of high-performance analog-to-digital and digital to analog converters, Smart Sensors for the IoT, and Sub-1V & Advanced-node Analog Circuit DesignAuthor: Pieter...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to embedded flash memory, describing the history, current status, and future projections for technology, circuits, and systems applications. The authors describe current main-stream embedded flash technologies from floating-gate 1Tr, floating-gate with split-gate (1.5Tr), and 1Tr/1.5Tr SONOS flash technologies...

This book serves as a practical guide for practicing engineers who need to design embedded systems for high-speed data acquisition and control systems. A minimum amount of theory is presented, along with a review of analog and digital electronics, followed by detailed explanations of...

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 advances a verification methodology based on a unified theory of register-transfer logic and floating-point arithmetic that has...

Land that job An in-depth overview of System Design and how to prepare for your interview. When it comes to answering system design questions, many of us don't know where to start. We don't have the logic and knowledge to effectively communicate back a...

Parallelism is the key to achieving high performance in computing. However, writing efficient and scalable parallel programs is notoriously difficult, and often requires significant expertise. To address this challenge, it is crucial to provide programmers with high-level tools to enable them to develop solutions...

The Student's Guide to VHDL is a condensed edition of The Designer's Guide to VHDL, the most widely used textbook on VHDL for digital system modeling. The Student's Guide is targeted as a supplemental reference book for computer organization and digital design courses.Since publication...

The fact that there are more embedded computers than general-purpose computers and that we are impacted by hundreds of them every day is no longer news. What is news is that their increasing performance requirements, complexity and capabilities demand a new approach to their...

Why care about hardware/firmware interaction? These interfaces are critical, a solid hardware design married with adaptive firmware can access all the capabilities of an application and overcome limitations caused by poor communication. For the first time, a book has come along that will help...

Author: Sasha Kranjac, Vladimir StefanovicISBN-10: 1789535603ISBN-13: 9781789535600Publisher: Packt PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2019Pages: 182Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.39d

Author: Mohamed AlibiISBN-10: 1789532930ISBN-13: 9781789532937Publisher: Packt PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/28/2018Pages: 214Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.45d

Author: Rahul SharmaISBN-10: 1789135796ISBN-13: 9781789135794Publisher: Packt PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/29/2018Pages: 250Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.53d

Get certified as an Azure architect by acing the 70-535 Architecting Microsoft Solutions (70-535) exam using this comprehensive guide with full coverage of the exam objectivesKey Features: Learn to successfully design and architect powerful solutions on the Azure Cloud platform Enhance your skills with...

Author: Russ McKendrickISBN-10: 1788620372ISBN-13: 9781788620376Publisher: Packt PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/18/2018Pages: 318Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.67d

Author: Darren DeathISBN-10: 1788478835ISBN-13: 9781788478830Publisher: Packt PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/08/2017Pages: 330Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.69d

Author: Rick Farmer, Rahul Jain, David WuISBN-10: 1788391446ISBN-13: 9781788391443Publisher: Packt PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/28/2017Pages: 306Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.64d

Practical recipes to implement cost-effective and scalable cloud solutions for your organizationKey Features: - Implement Google Cloud services in your organization- Leverage Google Cloud components to secure your organization's data- A recipe-based guide that promises hands-on experience in deploying a highly scalable and available...

Architect and design highly scalable, robust, clean, and highly performant applications in PythonKey Features: Identify design issues and make the necessary adjustments to achieve improved performance Understand architectural quality attributes from the perspective of a practicing engineer and architect using Python Learn architectural principles...

Build amazing Internet of Things projects using the ESP8266 Wi-Fi chipKey Features Get to know the powerful and low cost ESP8266 and build interesting projects in the field of Internet of Things Configure your ESP8266 to the cloud and explore the networkable modules that...

Master the art of container management utilizing the power of Kubernetes.Key Features: This practical guide demystifies Kubernetes and ensures that your clusters are always available, scalable, and up to date Discover new features such as autoscaling, rolling updates, resource quotas, and cluster size Master...

Arcadia is a system engineering method based on the use of models, with a focus on the collaborative definition, evaluation and exploitation of its architecture. This book describes the fundamentals of the method and its contribution to engineering issues such as requirements management, product...

Systems Architecture Modeling with the Arcadia Method is an illustrative guide for the understanding and implementation of model-based systems and architecture engineering with the Arcadia method, using Capella, a new open-source solution. More than just another systems modeling tool, Capella is a comprehensive and...

This book is a key resource that explains step by step, the essential skills required to rigorously construct and quality assure Logical Data Models. It also defines the processes required for organisations to successfully adopt them, and so align their systems, operations and strategic...

Are you looking to make better use of data captured within your organisation or want to learn more about how Data Architecture can transform your operations?Answering these questions is at the very heart of Enterprise Data Architecture - How to navigate its landscape. By...

Briefly, a boot loader is the first software program that runs when a computer starts. It is responsible for loading and transferring control to an operating system kernel software (such as Linux or GNU Mach). The kernel, in turn, initializes the rest of the...

Any organization with valuable data has been or will be attacked, probably successfully, at some point and with some damage. And, don't all digitally connected organizations have at least some data that can be considered "valuable"?Cyber security is a big, messy, multivariate, multidimensional arena....

"Modern Compiler Design" makes the topic of compiler design more accessible by focusing on principles and techniques of wide application. By carefully distinguishing between the essential (material that has a high chance of being useful) and the incidental (material that will be of benefit...

With this practical book, architects, CTOs, and CIOs will learn a set of patterns for the practice of architecture, including analysis, documentation, and communication. Author Eben Hewitt shows you how to create holistic and thoughtful technology plans, communicate them clearly, lead people toward the...

While Kubernetes has greatly simplified the task of deploying containerized applications, managing this orchestration framework on a daily basis can still be a complex undertaking. With this practical book, site reliability and DevOps engineers will learn how to build, operate, manage, and upgrade a...

This book describes several techniques to address variation-related design challenges for analog blocks in mixed-signal systems-on-chip. The methods presented are results from recent research works involving receiver front-end circuits, baseband filter linearization, and data conversion. These circuit-level techniques are described, with their relationships to...

This book provides an invaluable primer on the techniques utilized in the design of low power digital semiconductor devices. Readers will benefit from the hands-on approach which starts form the ground-up, explaining with basic examples what power is, how it is measured and how...

This book serves as a hands-on guide to timing constraints in integrated circuit design. Readers will learn to maximize performance of their IC designs, by specifying timing requirements correctly. Coverage includes key aspects of the design flow impacted by timing constraints, including synthesis, static...

Practical, task-focused information on the Raspberry Pi family Enables users to put Raspberry Pi devices to work to solve real-world problems Helps users to Integrate Raspberry Pi devices into their existing computing environmentsAuthor: Mark Edward SoperISBN-10: 1484229215ISBN-13: 9781484229217Publisher: ApressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/05/2017Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize:...

Learn Intel 64 assembly language and architecture, become proficient in C, and understand how the programs are compiled and executed down to machine instructions, enabling you to write robust, high-performance code.Low-Level Programming explains Intel 64 architecture as the result of von Neumann architecture evolution....

Provides a professional-level reference to the Samsung ARTIK API, as well as to other aspects of interest to developers such as the file systems, the operating system internals, various available interfaces, input/output, and the hardware itself. This is the perfect book for experienced programmers...

Beginning DB2 with Express C Edition is about the free version of IBM's leading-edge, DB2 relational database management system. It is the only introductory DB2 book in the market to be aimed at developers who do not plan to make a career out of...

CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy's Underdog Computer is the first book to document the complete history of the Tandy Color Computer (CoCo), a popular 8-bit PC series from the 1980s that competed against the era's biggest names, including the Apple II, IBM PC,...