Title:
Computer organization and architecture : designing for performance
Author:
Stallings, William.
ISBN:
9780130812940
Personal Author:
Edition:
5th ed.
Publication Information:
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall ; London : Prentice-Hall International, c2000.
Physical Description:
xix,748 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series:
The William Stallings books on computer and data communications technology
William Stallings books on computer and data communications technology.
General Note:
Previous ed.: 1996.
Contents:
Pt. I. Overview. Ch. 1. Introduction. Ch. 2. Computer Evolution and Performance -- Pt. II. The Computer System. Ch. 3. System Buses. Ch. 4. Internal Memory. Ch. 5. External Memory. Ch. 6. Input/Output. Ch. 7. Operating System Support -- Pt. III. The Central Processing Unit. Ch. 8. Computer Arithmetic. Ch. 9. Instruction Sets: Characteristics and Functions. Ch. 10. Instruction Sets: Addressing Modes and Formats. Ch. 11. CPU Structure and Function. Ch. 12. Reduced Instruction Set Computers. Ch. 13. Instruction-Level Parallelism and Superscalar Processors -- Pt. IV. The Control Unit. Ch. 14. Control Unit Operation. Ch. 15. Microprogrammed Control -- Pt. V. Parallel Organization. Ch. 16. Parallel Processing -- App. A. Digital Logic -- App. B. Projects for Teaching Computer Organization and Architecture.
Abstract:
"This book provides comprehensive and completely up-to-date coverage of computer organization and architecture. This book covers the leading-edge areas of superscalar design, IA-64 design features and parallel processor organization trends. It meets students' needs by addressing both the fundamental principles as well as the critical role of performance in driving computer design. This book also includes an unparalleled degree of instructor support, supplements and on-line resources."--BOOK JACKET.