Computer architecture : a quantitative approach / David A. Patterson & John L. Hennessy ; with a contribution by David Goldberg.

Contents;

1. Fundamentals of computer design
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Definitions of performance
1.3 Quantitative principles of computer design
etc.

2. Performance and cost
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Performance
2.3 Cost
etc.

3. Instruction set design: Alternatives and principles
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Classifying instruction set architecture
3.3 Operand storage in memory: Classifying general-purpose register machines
etc.

4. Instruction set examples and measurements of use
4.1 Instruction set measurements: What and why
4.2 The VAX architecture
4.3 The 360/370 architecture
etc.

5. Basic processor implementation techniques
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Processor datapath
5.3 Basic steps of execution
etc.

6. Pipelining
6.1 What is pipelining?
6.2 The basic pipeline for DLX
6.3 Making the pipeline work
etc.

7. Vector processors
7.1 Why vector machines?
7.2 Basic vector architecture
7.3 Two-real world issues: Vector length and stride
etc.

8. Memory-hierarchy design
8.1 Introduction: Principle of locality
8.2 General principles of memory hierarchy
8.3 Caches
etc.

9. Input/output
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Predicting system performance
9.3 I/O performance measures
etc.

10. Future directions
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Flynn classification of computers
10.3 SIMD computers - Single instruction
etc.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [116]-[132]) and index.