Computer Architecture

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 of the principles and designs that have shaped computer hardware through the ages, from counting devices like the abacus, to Babbage's Difference Engine, to modern GPUs and the frontiers of quantum computing.

This engaging blend of history, theory, hands-on exercises, and real-world examples is sure to make for an insightful romp through a fast-changing world. You won't just read about computer architecture, you'll also gain the understanding to touch, build, and program it. You'll explore the basic structures of a CPU by learning to program a Victorian Analytical Engine. You'll extend electronic machines to 8-bit and 16-bit retro gaming computers, learning to program a Commodore 64 and an Amiga. You'll delve into x86 and RISC-V architectures, cloud and supercomputers, and ideas for future technologies.

You'll also learn:
- How to represent data with different coding schemes and build digital logic gates
- The basics of machine and assembly language programming
- How pipelining, out-of-order execution, and parallelism work, in context
- The power and promise of neural networks, DNA, photonics, and quantum computing

Whether you're a student, a professional, or simply a tech enthusiast, after reading this book, you'll grasp the milestones of computer architecture and be able to engage directly with the technology that defines today's world. Prepare to be inspired, challenged, and above all, see and experience the digital world, hands-on.

自1980年以來，計算機架構再次引起了極大的興趣！這本書捕捉了這一時刻，通過挖掘計算機歷史，教授現代硬件設計的關鍵概念，並介紹未來的神經和量子架構。

《計算機架構》是對塑造計算機硬件的原則和設計進行深入探索的書籍，從算盤等計數設備，到巴貝奇的差分機，再到現代GPU和量子計算的前沿。這本書結合了歷史、理論、實踐練習和現實世界的例子，必定能夠帶領讀者深入了解這個快速變化的世界。你不僅僅會閱讀關於計算機架構的知識，還能夠理解並實際操作、構建和編程。你將通過學習編程維多利亞時代的分析引擎，探索CPU的基本結構。你將擴展電子機器到8位和16位的復古遊戲機，學習編程Commodore 64和Amiga。你還將深入研究x86和RISC-V架構、雲計算和超級計算機，以及未來技術的想法。

你還將學到：
- 如何使用不同的編碼方案表示數據並構建數字邏輯閘
- 機器和組合語言編程的基礎知識
- 流水線、無序執行和並行性的工作原理
- 神經網絡、DNA、光子學和量子計算的力量和潛力

無論你是學生、專業人士還是科技愛好者，在閱讀完這本書之後，你將掌握計算機架構的里程碑，並能夠直接參與定義當今世界的技術。準備好受到啟發、挑戰，最重要的是親身見證和體驗數字世界的奇妙之處吧！

Charles Fox is an award-winning senior lecturer at the University of Lincoln, UK. With degrees from Cambridge, Oxford, and the University of Edinburgh, Fox has published over 100 research papers, which often apply embedded, smart, parallel, and neural architectures to AI and robotics. He's a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and the author of Data Science for Transport (Springer, 2018).

Charles Fox是英國林肯大學的屢獲殊榮的高級講師。Fox擁有劍橋大學、牛津大學和愛丁堡大學的學位，他已發表了100多篇研究論文，這些論文通常將嵌入式、智能、並行和神經架構應用於人工智能和機器人技術。他是高等教育學院（FHEA）的會士，也是《Data Science for Transport》（Springer，2018）的作者。