Computer Organization and Architecture:Designing for Performance 8th Edition [StarDiwa]

Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance 8th Edition



Author: William Stallings

Four-time winner of the best Computer Science and Engineering textbook of the year award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association, Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance provides a thorough discussion of the fundamentals of computer organization and architecture, covering not just processor design, but memory, I/O, and parallel systems. Coverage is supported by a wealth of concrete examples emphasizing modern RISC, CISC, and super-scalar systems.

The eighth revision has been updated to reflect major advances in computer technology, including multi-core processors and embedded processors. Interactive simulations have been expanded and keyed into relevant sections of text.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Computer Evolution and Performance
Chapter 3 A Top-Level View of Computer Function and Interconnection
Chapter 4 Cache Memory
Chapter 5 Internal Memory Technology
Chapter 6 External Memory
Chapter 7 Input/Output
Chapter 8 Operating System Support
Chapter 9 Computer Arithmetic
Chapter 10 Instruction Sets: Characteristics and Functions
Chapter 11 Instruction Sets: Addressing Modes and Formats
Chapter 12 Processor Structure and Function
Chapter 13 Reduced Instruction Set Computers (RISCs)
Chapter 14 Instruction-level Parallelism and Super scalar Processors
Chapter 15 Control Unit Operation
Chapter 16 Micro-programmed Control
Chapter 17 Parallel Processing 1
Chapter 18 Multi-core Computers
Chapter 19 Number Systems
Chapter 20 Digital Logic
Chapter 21 The IA-64 Architecture