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EBooks » Hardware

CompTIA A+ certification is where IT careers begin. You'll learn how to be a computer technician -- from installation, configuration, and basic networking to computer diagnosis and maintenance. A+ certification gets you started in IT. It prepares you for your role as a Computer Technician, IT Technician, Remote Support Technician, or Depot Technician, along with many other entry-level IT jobs.  As digital logic designs grow larger and more complex,
functional verification has become the number one bottleneck in the
design process. Reducing verification time is crucial to project
success, yet many practicing engineers have had little formal
training in verification, and little exposure to the newest
solutions. Hardware Design Verification
systematically presents today's most valuable simulation-based and
formal verification techniques, helping test and design engineers
choose the best approach for each project, quickly gain confidence
in their designs, and move into fabrication far more rapidly.
College students will find that coverage of verification principles
and common industry practices will help them prepare for jobs as
future verification engineers.
Author William K. Lam, one of the world's leading experts in
design verification, is a recent winner of the Chairman's Award for
Innovation, Sun Microsystems' most prestigious technical
achievement award. Drawing on his wide-ranging experience, he
introduces the foundational principles of verification, presents
traditional techniques that have survived the test of time, and
introduces emerging techniques for today's most challenging
designs. Throughout, Lam emphasizes practical examples rather than
mathematical proofs; wherever advanced math is essential, he
explains it clearly and accessibly.
 Beyond cutting edge, Scott Mueller goes where no computer book author
has gone before--right past all the warranty stickers, the hidden
screws, and the fear factor to produce a real owner's manual that every
laptop owner should have on his desk. This book shows the upgrades
users can perform, the ones that are better left to the manufacturer,
and how to use add-on peripherals to make the most of a laptop. The CD
contains one-of-a-kind video showing just what's inside a portable PC.
For readers who have ever wondered what goes on inside their portable
PC, how to upgrade/repair the portable PC or how to live on the road
with it, this is the one must-have book of the year!
Reader 's review :
People that know me understand I’m the type of person that will try
to fix something that is broken before I will stop and ask for
assistance or even call a repairman. I admit, I’m my father’s daughter,
and excited about the idea of tinkering. Computers included, my
confidence is high when I take off my PC’s cover. I even get several
calls a month requesting PC assistance from family and friends. Despite
this, you won’t hear me mention anything about tinkering with my
laptop. Lucky for me whenever I try to use the few programs I have
installed on my laptop, they run without fail. Even still, when that
day does arrive when it starts to act up, a laptop technician would be
my first choice in assessing the problem.  This book covers state-of-the-art hardware and accessories that make
the most modern personal computers easier, faster, and more productive
to use. Inside these pages you will find in-depth coverage of every PC
processor from the original 8088 to the latest Pentium 4, Athlon XP,
and Athlon 64.
Upgrading and Repairing PCs also doesn't ignore the less glamorous PC
components. Every part of your PC plays a critical role in its
stability and performance. Over the course of this book's 1,500+ pages,
you'll find out exactly why your motherboard's chipset might just be
the most important part of your PC and what can go wrong when you
settle for a run-of-the mill power supply that can't get enough juice
to that monster processor you just bought. You'll also find in-depth
coverage of technologies such as RDRAM, DDR2 SDRAM, graphics, audio
cards, AGP, PCI, flat-panel displays, DVD+/-RW drives, SCSI, USB 2.0,
FireWire, and high-capacity removable storage-it's all in here-right
down to the guts-level analysis of your mouse and keyboard.
 Modern system-on-chip (SoC) design shows a clear trend toward integration of multiple
processor cores on a single chip. Designing a multiprocessor system-on-chip (MPSOC)
requires an understanding of the various design styles and techniques used in
the multiprocessor. Understanding the application area of the MPSOC is also critical
to making proper tradeoffs and design decisions.
Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chips covers both design techniques and applications
for MPSOCs. Design topics include multiprocessor architectures, processors,
operating systems, compilers, methodologies, and synthesis algorithms, and application
areas covered include telecommunications and multimedia. The majority of the
chapters were collected from presentations made at the International Workshop
on Application-Specific Multi-Processor SoC held over the past two years. The
workshop assembled internationally recognized speakers on the range of topics
relevant to MPSOCs. After having refined their material at the workshop, the
speakers are now writing chapters and the editors are fashioning them into a
unified book by making connections between chapters and developing common terminology.
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