Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance, 7th Edition

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• Systems are viewed from both the architectural (attributes of a system visible to a machine language programmer) and organizational (operational units and their interconnections that realize the architecture) perspectives — Designed to present material within a useful context for clarity.

• Thorough coverage of computer arithmetic — Addresses twos complement and floating point representations and arithmetic, with detailed examination of IEEE 754.

• Liberal use of figures, tables, and examples — Provides

clarification of key concepts every step of the way.

• Detailed treatment of bus organization — Assists students in understanding thefunctioning of buses to evaluate key design issues.

• Unified, detailed treatment of I/O — Demonstrates the interaction of I/O modules with the outside world and the CPU. Provides full understanding of I/O functions and structures, including two important external interface examples: FireWire and InfiniBand.

• Strong chapter on RISC — Illustrates the importance of the technology found in virtually all contemporary machines.

• Thorough discussion of cache memory — Presents a clear review of the increasingly complex design of cache memory, a central element in the design of high-performance processors.

• Detailed treatment of internal and external memory — Delivers a unified discussion of the elements of the memory hierarchy, from registers to optical memory, as well as leading-edge areas, such as optical, advanced DRAM, and RAID disk arrays.

• Numerous running examples, especially Pentium 4, throughout the text — Highlights specific system examples to illustrate points and motivate the reader, with special attention to the most important CISC and superscalar systems, including Pentium 4 and PowerPC G4.

• Clear treatment of parallel processors — Exceptionally clear, well-organized treatment of symmetric multiprocessors (SMP), clusters, and NUMA systems.

• Full treatment of microprogrammed implementation — Provides a solid review of this often-overlooked area.

• Built-in assessment tools – Includes review questions for

each chapter, plus lists of key words and common acronyms.

• Companion Website -- Access textbook-related resources and support materials for students and instructors maintained by the author.

• Student Resource Site -- Access a wealth of computer science-related information including mathematics reviews, how-to documents, research resources, and career explorations maintained by the author.

Description

With up-to-date coverage of modern architectural approaches, this handbook provides a thorough discussion of the fundamentals of computer organization and architecture, as well as the critical role of performance in driving computer design. KEY TOPICS: Captures the field’s continued innovations and improvements, with input from active practitioners. Reviews the two most prevalent approaches: superscalar, which has come to dominate the microprocessor design field, including the widely used Pentium; and EPIC, seen in the IA-64 architecture of Intel's Itanium. Views systems from both the architectural and organizational perspectives. Includes coverage of critical topics, such as bus organization, computer arithmetic, I/O modules, RISC, memory, and parallel processors. MARKET: For professionals in computer product marketing or information system configuration and maintenance.

Sample Content

Table of Contents

Part 1: Overview

1. Introduction. 2. Computer Evolution and Performance.

3. A Top-Level View of Computer Function and Interconnection. 4. Cache Memory. 5. Internal Memory Technology. 6. External Memory. 7. Input/Output. 8. Operating System Support.

16. Control Unit Operation. 17. Microprogrammed Control.

Boolean Algebra. Gates. Combinational Circuits. Sequential Circuits. Problems.

The Decimal System. The Binary System. Converting between Binary and Decimal. Hexadecimal Notation. Problems.

Research Projects. Simulation Projects. Reading/Report Assignments.

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