Computer Organization, Design, and Architecture - Paperback

by Sajjan G. Shiva (Author)

This unique and classroom-proven text provides a hands-on introduction to the design of computer systems. It depicts, step by step, the design and programming of a simple but complete hypothetical computer, followed by detailed architectural features of existing computer systems as enhancements to the structure of the simple computer.

Author Biography

Dr. Sajjan G. Shiva is First Horizon Foundation Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the University of Memphis. He joined the university in 2002 as the director of the Computer Science Division, transitioned it into the Department of Computer Science in 2005, and served as the founding chair through 2015. He has served on the computer science faculties at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Alabama A&M University. He has also served as the manager of Software Quality Assurance at Teledyne Brown Engineering; senior software engineer and executive manager (Technical) at Intergraph Corporation; and technical advisor, Computer Technologies Division, U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command. Dr. Shiva has consulted with industry and government organizations in the areas of software engineering, computer architecture, and artificial intelligence. He is a life fellow of IEEE and a life member of ACM. He has received research funding from NSF, NASA, U.S. Department of Defense, and ONR. His current interests are game theoretic cybersecurity, secure software engineering, and artificial intelligent systems development methodologies.