Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface - Hardcover

Patterson, David A.; Hennessy, John L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 155860281X ISBN 13: 9781558602816

Publisher: Ap Professional, 1993

Synopsis

Patterson-Hennessey's new work offers the most current and comprehensive coverage of the topic and is the only book on the market to include RISC architectures. The book is intended to teach a broader audience the fundamentals of computing including programs, operating systems, and compilers.

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Review:

The authors provide a comprehensive, detailed, and highly technical overview of computer design, going right to the hardware/software interface where data and instructions have their physical representation. While much of the book centers on processor architectures and memory design, it also offers strong background sections on computer arithmetic, machine instructions, performance measurement, and the historical development of computer systems. A natural for any electrical engineer interested in the field of computer architecture and design, this volume will also prove highly valuable for computer scientists and programmers in any low- or high-level language.

Review:

The classic introduction to the field for all computer scientists and engineers, by the authors of the best-selling advanced computer architecture book, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach.

Features:
* Presents the fundamentals of organization for all the subfields of computing.
* Based on a RISC architecture to teach readers the basics of an instruction set and of assembly-language programming.
* Emphasizes the relationship between hardware and software focusing on the concepts that are the basis for modern computing. -- Book Description

About this edition

• Publisher: Ap Professional
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 155860281X
• ISBN 13: 9781558602816
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1000