Shuangbao Paul Wang - Computer Architecture and Organization: Fundamentals and Architecture Security

Jointly published with Higher Education Press

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This book introduces a new realm of computing architecture that incorporates computer architecture, computer organization, and the science of security into trusted computer and chip design.

The book covers a spectrum of topics in cache and nonvolatile memory, instructional set architecture (ISA), reduced instruction set computer (RISC-V), hyper-threading, virtualization, trusted computing modules (TPMs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), graph and queue theories, cryptographic hardware, and instruction-level parallelism. In addition, the book also discusses quantum computing architecture, quantum random number generator (QRNG), quantum key distribution (QKD), and post-quantum cryptography (PQC).

The book is essential for computer science, computer engineering, and cybersecurity professionals to thrive in todays digital age and survive in the workplace. It features an innovative design approach with practical skills to modern computer architecture and organization from authors cutting-edge research in architecture security and quantum leap.

Traditionally, computers and microcomputing chips were designed mainly for speed and performance. Security has been a weak point for most CPUs and computers on the market. As a result, attackers are able to use sophisticated techniques to penetrate into cache memory in modern CPUs, therefore, to break the isolation principle of virtualization, which causes vulnerabilities in cloud computing systems. This book integrates security in every aspect of computer architecture and system design, aiming to design and develop next-generation computers that have less vulnerabilities and are immune from attacks. In this book, the author illustrates theoretical concepts with easy-to-understand examples to explain the perception and practical implementations.

This book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students, engineers, cybersecurity professionals, and researchers who are interested in design and develop trusted computer architecture and systems. The book can also be used as a gateway for career-changing individuals who want to enter computer and cybersecurity field but their educational background was not in computer science and information technology related fields.

The book comes with a website that provides slides, further readings, and updates for students and lecture notes for instructors. Computer Architecture and Organization provides readers with not only the sections that the traditional textbooks contain but also the latest development of computing architecture, security, and quantum computing technologies.

The author would like to acknowledge Dr. Robert S. Ledley, who was the inventor of body CT scanner, a doctoral adviser, mentor, and supervisor for his vision in computing and being a coauthor of the first Computer Architecture and Security book published in 2013.

The author would like to thank IBM for the initial training at the Yorktown research center and providing the quantum computing resources. MITs quantum computing certificate program provides cutting-edge theoretical and practical knowledge, especially the lectures taught by the renowned Professor Dr. Peter Shor.

The author would also like to extend gratitude to Ms. Ying Feng for her incredible help in preparing this manuscript.