It contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available (online or in print) on Intel's latest processors: the Pentium M, Core, and Core 2 Duo. After discussing computers in the abstract, the book examines specific microprocessors from Intel, IBM, and Motorola, from the original models up through today's leading processors.

The book uses analogies, full-color diagrams, and clear language to convey the ideas that form the basis of modern computing. Once you understand how the microprocessor-or central processing unit (CPU)-works, you'll have a firm grasp of the fundamental concepts at the heart of all modern computing.Inside the Machine, from the co-founder of the highly respected Ars Technica website, explains how microprocessors operate-what they do and how they do it. Inside the Machine also explains technology terms and concepts that readers often hear but may not fully understand, such as 'pipelining,' 'L1 cache,' 'main memory,' 'superscalar processing,' and 'out-of-order execution.Computers perform countless tasks ranging from the business critical to the recreational, but regardless of how differently they may look and behave, they're all amazingly similar in basic function. It contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available (online or in print) on Intel's latest the Pentium M, Core, and Core 2 Duo. Inside the Machine, from the co-founder of the highly respected Ars Technica website, explains how microprocessors operate-what they do and how they do it.

Once you understand how the microprocessor-or central processing unit (CPU)-works, you'll have a firm grasp of the fundamental concepts at the heart of all modern computing. Computers perform countless tasks ranging from the business critical to the recreational, but regardless of how differently they may look and behave, they're all amazingly similar in basic function.

Inside the Machine by Jon Stokes