Explore modern computer architecture from transistors and instruction sets to cloud-scale systems, LLM platforms, and secure computing, with major updates and new chapters reflecting today's cloud and AI-driven computing landscapeKey FeaturesUnderstand modern processor and system architectures, spanning digital logic through x86/x64, ARM, and RISC-VExplore new and expanded topics, including GPUs, LLM platforms, cloud-scale systems, and cybersecurity

A practical guide in digital systems that demystifies how modern hardware executes software, enabling you to design smarter, more efficient computing solutions across everyday and emerging tech platformsKey FeaturesUnderstand digital circuitry through the study of transistors, logic gates, and sequential logicLearn the architecture of x86, x64, ARM, and RISC-V processors, iPhones, and high-performance gaming PCsStudy the design principles under...

Software architecture metrics are key to the maintainability and architectural quality of a software project and they can warn you about dangerous accumulations of architectural and technical debt early in the process. In this practical book, leading hands-on software architects share case studies to introduce metrics that every software architect should know.This isn't a book about theory. It's more about practice and implementation, about what has already been tried and worked. D...