Computer organization and architecture designing for performance

Four-time winner of the best Computer Science and Engineering textbook of the year award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association, Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance provides a thorough discussion of the fundamentals of computer organization and architecture,...

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Main Author: Stalling, William (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, NJ Pearson Eduacation [2010]
Edition:Eight edition; international edition
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Computer evolution and performance
  • A top-level view of computer function and interconnection
  • Cache memory
  • Internal memory technology
  • External memory
  • Input/output
  • Operating system support
  • Computer arithmetic
  • Instruction stes: characteristics and functions
  • Instruction sets: addressing modes and formats
  • Processor structure and function
  • Reduce instruction set computers (RISCs)
  • Instruction-level parallelism and superscalar processors
  • Control unit operation
  • Microprogrammed control
  • Parallel processing
  • Multicore computers