Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance (5th Edition) - Hardcover

Stallings, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130812943 ISBN 13: 9780130812940

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1999

Synopsis

This book offers a clear and comprehensive basic understanding of computer systems, and in particular, an understanding of Pentium systems. This hardware background will enhance readers' abilities to manage systems, diagnose and come up with solutions to user problems, and plan for future growth. Topics include computer performance, system buses, memory, input and output, operating system support, and processing. For product marketing personnel who want the know-how of technology, and supporting marketing and sales in matching products to customers. For information system and computer system personnel who want to respond more efficiently to requests from other departments, and manage IS resources.

About this title

About the Author

WILLIAM STALLINGS has made a unique contribution to understanding the broad sweep of technical developments in computer networking and computer architecture. He has authored 17 titles, plus revised editions, for a total of 37 books on various aspects of these subjects. He has three times received the award for best Computer Science Textbook of the Year from the Text and Academic Authors Association (Computer Organization and Architecture, Prentice Hall, 1996; Data and Computer Communications, Prentice Hall, 1997; Operating Systems, Prentice Hall, 1998).

In over 20 years in the field, Dr. Stallings has been a technical contributor, technical manager and an executive with several high-technology firms. Currently he is an independent consultant whose clients have included computer and networking manufacturers and customers, software development firms and leading-edge government research institutions. Dr. Stallings is a frequent lecturer and a regular contributor to technical journals and trade publications.

Dr. Stallings holds a Ph.D. from MIT in computer science and a B.S. from Notre Dame in electrical engineering.

From the Back Cover

DISTINGUISHING

* Use of numerous running examples, especially Pentium
* Unified instructional approach enables reader to evaluate instruction set design issues
* Expanded superscalar presentation to include the new examples of UltraSparc II and the MIPS R100000
* Detailed treatment of bus organization enables reader to better evaluate key design issues
* Detailed chapter coverage on RISC
* Extensive treatment of understanding of I/O functions and structures
The COMPANION WEBSITE for the book provides support for students, instructors and professionals

* Links to important up-to-date site related text materials.
* Provides transparency masters of figures from the book in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format.
* Lists a set of course notes in PDF for handouts.
* Includes a set of PowerPoint slides for lecturing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130812943
• ISBN 13: 9780130812940
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 768