Computer organization and architecture : designing for performance /
Computer organization & architecture
William Stallings.
- 6th ed.
- Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Education, c2003.
- xix, 815 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [757]-771) and index.
Introduction Computer evolution and performance A top-level view of computer function and interconnection Cache memory Internal memory External memory Input/output Operating system support Computer arithmetic Instruction sets: characteristics and functions Instruction sets: addressing modes and format CPU structure and function Reduced instruction set computers Instruction-level parallelism and superscalar processors The IA-64 architecture Control unit operation Microprogrammed control Parallel processing Digital logic Number systems Projects for teaching computer organization and architectu