The Physics of Computing

The Physics of Computing gives a foundational view of the physical principles underlying computers. Performance, power, thermal behavior, and reliability are all harder and harder to achieve as transistors shrink to nanometer scales.

The Physics of Computing

Marilyn Wolf

Elsevier

2017

Abstract

This book describes the physics of computing at all levels of abstraction from single gates to complete computer systems. It can be used as a course for juniors or seniors in computer engineering and electrical engineering, and can also be used to teach students in other scientific disciplines important concepts in computing. For electrical engineering, the book provides the fundamentals of computing that link core concepts to computing. For computer science, it provides foundations of key challenges such as power consumption, performance, and thermal. The book can also be used as a technical reference by professionals.

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Electronic Computers
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. The long road to computers
  • 1.3. Computer system metrics
  • 1.4. A tour of this book
  • 1.5. Synthesis
• Chapter 2. Transistors and Integrated Circuits
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Electron devices and electronic circuits
  • 2.3. Physics of materials
  • 2.4. Solid-state devices
  • 2.5. Integrated circuits
  • 2.6. Synthesis
• Chapter 3. Logic Gates
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. The CMOS inverter
  • 3.3. Static gate characteristics
  • 3.4. Delay
  • 3.5. Power and energy
  • 3.6. Scaling theory
  • 3.7. Reliability
  • 3.8. Synthesis
• Chapter 4. Sequential Machines
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Combinational logic
  • 4.3. Interconnect
  • 4.4. Sequential machines
  • 4.5. Synthesis
• Chapter 5. Processors and Systems
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. System reliability
  • 5.3. Processors
  • 5.4. Memory
  • 5.5. Mass storage
  • 5.6. System power consumption
  • 5.7. Heat transfer
  • 5.8. Synthesis
• Chapter 6. Input and Output
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Displays
  • 6.3. Image sensors
  • 6.4. Touch sensors
  • 6.5. Microphones
  • 6.6. Accelerometers and inertial sensors
  • 6.7. Synthesis
• Chapter 7. Emerging Technologies
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Carbon nanotubes
  • 7.3. Quantum computers
  • 7.4. Synthesis
• Appendix A. Useful Constants and Formulas
• Appendix B. Circuits
• Appendix C. Probability
• Appendix D. Advanced Topics
• References
• Index

Citation

Marilyn Wolf. The Physics of Computing. Elsevier, 2017

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