Computer Organization and Design Second Edition : The Hardware/Software Interface
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This textbook provides a basic introduction to the fundamentals of current computer designs. As the title suggests, the text skirts the border between hardware and software. After an overview of the subject and a discussion of performance, the book launches into technical matter such as instruction sets, how they are constrained by the underlying processor hardware, the constraints on their design, and more. An excellent critique of computer arithmetic methods leads to a high-level discussion on processor design. Following is a great introduction to pipelining, nice coverage of memory issues, and solid attention to peripherals. The book concludes with a brief discussion of the additional issues inherent in multiprocessing machines. The extremely lucid description is grounded in real-world examples. Interesting exercises help reinforce the material, and each section contains a write-up of the historical background of each idea. Computer Organization and Design is accessible to the beginner, but also offers plenty of valuable knowledge for experienced engineers.
Book Description
The classic introduction to the field for all computer scientists and engineers, by the authors of the best-selling advanced computer architecture book, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach.
Features:
* Presents the fundamentals of organization for all the subfields of computing.
* Based on a RISC architecture to teach readers the basics of an instruction set and of assembly-language programming.
* Emphasizes the relationship between hardware and software focusing on the concepts that are the basis for modern computing.
Computer Organization and Design Second Edition : The Hardware/Software Interface
Computer Organization and Design Second Edition : The Hardware/Software Interface,David A. Patterson,John L. Hennessy,Morgan Kaufmann,1558604286,Computer Architecture,Computer Architecture - General,Computer Bks - General Information,Computer Books: General,Computer Design,Computer Engineering,Computer interfaces,Computer organization,Computers,Reference - General,Computers / Computer Architecture
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