TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hennessy,John L.
AU  - Patterson,David A.
TI  - Computer organization and design: the hardware/software interface 
SN  - 1558604286 (cloth)
U1  - 004.22 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - San Francisco, Calif.
PB  - Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
KW  - Computer organization
KW  - Computer engineering
KW  - Computer interfaces
N1  - Table of content

1     Computer Abstraction and Technology
1.1    Introduction 3
1.2    Below Your Program   5
1.3    Under the Covers   10
1.4    Integrated Circuits: Fueling Innovation   21
1.5    Real Stuff: Manufacturing Pentium Chips  24 

2      The Role of Performance    52
2.1    Introduction   54
2.2    Measuring Performance   58
2.3    Relating the Metrics   60
2.4    Choosing Program to Evaluate Performance   66, etc.

3        Instructions: Language of the Machine    104
3.1     Introduction    106
3.2     Operations of the Computer Hardware   107
3.3     Operands of the Computer Hardware    109
3.4      Representing Instructions in the Computer    116, etc.

4        Arithmetic for Computers   208
4.1     Introduction   210
4.2     Signed and Unsigned Numbers   210
4.3     Addition and Subtraction   220
4.4     Logical Operation   225, etc.

5       The Processor: Datapath and Control   336
5.1     Introduction   338
5.2     Buliding a Datapath   343
5.3     A Simple Implementation Scheme, etc.

6         Enhancing Performance with Pipelining   434
6.1      An Overview of pipelining   436
6.2      A Pipelined Datapath   449
6.3      Pipelined Control   466
6.4      Data Hazards and Stalls   466, etc.

7       Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy   538
7.1    Introduction  540
7.2    The Basics of Caches
7.3    Measuring and Improving Cache Performance   564
7.4    Virtual MEMORY  579, ETC.

8      Interfacing Processors and Peripherals  636
8.1   Introduction   638
8.2   1/o Performance Measures: Some Examples from Disk and File systems  641
8.3   Types and Characteristics of 1/0 Devices  644, etc.

9     Multiprocessors  710
9.1  Introduction   712
9.2  Programming Multiprocessors   714
9.3  Multiprocessors Connected by a singe Bus   717
9.4  Multiprocessors Connected by a Network  727, etc.

A     Assemblers, Linkers, and the Spim Simulator   A-2 by James R. Larus, University of Wiscosin
A.1  Introduction   A-3
A.2  Assemblers     A-10, etc.

B     The Basics of Logic Design   B-2
B.1   Introduction   B-3
B.2   Gates, Truth Tables, and Logic Equations B-4, etc.

C     Mapping Control to Hardware  C-2
C.1  Introduction  C-3
C.2  Implementing Combinational Control Units  C-4
C.3  Implementing  Finite  State Machine Control C-8, etc.

; Includes bibliographical references . _ Index : p. 1-1-1-32
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