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1<br />

Civilization advances<br />

by extending the<br />

number of important<br />

operations which we<br />

can perform without<br />

thinking about them.<br />

Alfred North Whitehead,<br />

An Introduction to Mathematics, 1911<br />

<strong>Computer</strong><br />

Abstractions <strong>and</strong><br />

Technology<br />

1.1 Introduction 3<br />

1.2 Eight Great Ideas in <strong>Computer</strong><br />

Architecture 11<br />

1.3 Below Your Program 13<br />

1.4 Under the Covers 16<br />

1.5 Technologies for Building Processors <strong>and</strong><br />

Memory 24<br />

<strong>Computer</strong> Organization <strong>and</strong> <strong>Design</strong>. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-407726-3.00001-1<br />

© 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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