The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles - Softcover

Noam Nisan; Shimon Schocken

 
9780262539807: The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0262539802 ISBN 13: 9780262539807
Publisher: MIT Press, 2021

Synopsis

A new and extensively revised edition of a popular textbook used in universities, coding boot camps, hacker clubs, and online courses. The best way to understand how computers work is to build one from scratch, and this textbook leads learners through twelve chapters and projects that gradually build the hardware platform and software hierarchy for a simple but powerful computer system. In the process, learners gain hands-on knowledge of hardware, architecture, operating systems, programming languages, compilers, software engineering, and relevant algorithms and data structures. Using this constructive approach, the book introduces readers to a significant body of computer science knowledge and synthesizes key theoretical and applied techniques into one constructive framework.The outcome is known as Nand to Tetris: a journey that starts with the most elementary logic gate, called Nand, and ends, twelve projects later, with a general-purpose computer system capable of running Tetris and any other program that comes to your mind. The first edition of this popular textbook inspired Nand to Tetris courses in many universities, coding boot camps, hacker clubs, and online course platforms. This second edition has been extensively revised. It has been restructured into two distinct parts—part I, Hardware, and part II, Software—with six projects in each part. All chapters and projects have been rewritten, with an emphasis on separating abstraction from implementation, and many new sections, figures, and examples have been added. Substantial new appendixes offer focused presentation on technical and theoretical topics.

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About the Author

Noam Nisan is Dean of the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. <p/>Shimon Schocken is Professor of Computer Science, and Founding Dean, Efi Arazi School of Computer Science, IDC Herzliya, Israel.

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Publisher
MIT Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0262539802
ISBN 13 
9780262539807
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
320