The Manga Guide to Microprocessors

The Manga Guide to Microprocessors

About the Book

Ayumi is a world-class shogi (Japanese chess) player who can’t be beaten—that is, until she loses to a powerful computer called the Shooting Star. Ayumi vows to find out everything she can about her new nemesis. Lucky for her, Yuu Kano, the genius programmer behind the Shooting Star, is willing to teach her all about the inner workings of the microprocessor—the “brain” inside all computers, phones, and gadgets. 


Follow along with Ayumi in The Manga Guide to Microprocessors and you’ll learn about:

-How the CPU processes information and makes decision
-How computers perform arithmetic operations and store information
-logic gates and how they’re used in integrated circuits
-the Key components of modern computers, including registers, GPUs, and RAM
-Assembly language and how it differs from high-level programming languages


Whether you’re a computer science student or just want to understand the power of microprocessors, you’ll find what you need to know in The Manga Guide to Microprocessors.
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Praise for The Manga Guide to Microprocessors

“Recommended for public school and college library collections for its educational content and its reader-friendly format!”
—Midwest Book Review

“Thorough, packs in piles of details about computers. I strongly recommend this book.”
—ScienceBlogs

“Provides an impressive amount of information on such a vast topic.”
—School Library Connection

“Fun, well drawn, and simplified...Every library and college bookstore needs to have this entire series! ”
—Sequential Tart

“Beginners, computer science students, and aficionados will find the manga style engaging and the textual sections deep with details about the inner workings of computer processors. ”
—Bench Talk for Design Engineers
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The Manga Guides Series

The Manga Guide to Cryptography 
The Manga Guide to Microprocessors
The Manga Guide to Regression Analysis
The Manga Guide to Physiology
The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra
The Manga Guide to Biochemistry
The Manga Guide to the Universe
The Manga Guide to Relativity
The Manga Guide to Calculus
The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology
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About the Author

Michio Shibuya
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About the Author

Takashi Tonagi
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About the Author

Office Sawa
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