\ BooknewsFor engineers, programmers, and electronic technicians. Defines software architecture (register model, memory address space, data organization, user and supervisor stacks, and operand addressing modes); shows the practical circuits for implementing hardware interfaces in a microcomputer system; introduces instruction sets and their use in writing practical programs; and examines VLSI I/O peripheral ICs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \