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Modern Computer Architecture and Organization – Second Edition - Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in May 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803234519
Pages 666 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Jim Ledin Jim Ledin
Profile icon Jim Ledin

Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface 1. Introducing Computer Architecture 2. Digital Logic 3. Processor Elements 4. Computer System Components 5. Hardware-Software Interface 6. Specialized Computing Domains 7. Processor and Memory Architectures 8. Performance-Enhancing Techniques 9. Specialized Processor Extensions 10. Modern Processor Architectures and Instruction Sets 11. The RISC-V Architecture and Instruction Set 12. Processor Virtualization 13. Domain-Specific Computer Architectures 14. Cybersecurity and Confidential Computing Architectures 15. Blockchain and Bitcoin Mining Architectures 16. Self-Driving Vehicle Architectures 17. Quantum Computing and Other Future Directions in Computer Architectures 18. Other Books You May Enjoy
19. Index
Appendix

Exercises

  1. Download and install the current version of VirtualBox. Download, install, and bring up Ubuntu Linux as a virtual machine within VirtualBox. Connect the guest OS to the internet using a bridged network adapter. Configure and enable clipboard sharing and file sharing between the Ubuntu guest and your host operating system.
  2. Within the Ubuntu operating system you installed in Exercise 1, install VirtualBox and then install and bring up a virtual machine version of FreeDOS, available from https://www.freedos.org/download/.

    Verify that DOS commands, such as echo Hello World! and mem, perform properly in the FreeDOS virtual machine. After completing this exercise, you will have implemented an instance of nested virtualization.

  3. Create two separate copies of your Ubuntu guest machine in your host system’s VirtualBox environment. Configure both Ubuntu guests to connect to the VirtualBox internal network. Set up the two machines with compatible IP...
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