Computer architecture : a quantitative approach

• Main Author: Hennessy, John L.
• Other Authors: Patterson, David A., Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea C.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2007.
• Edition: 4th ed.
• Series: Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design.
• Subjects: Computer architecture.; Computer storage devices.; Parallel processing (Electronic computers); Embedded computer systems > Design and construction.; Computer networks.; Memory hierarchy (Computer science); Multiprocessors.; Computer arithmetic.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780080475028; 0080475027; 1282330020; 9781282330023; 9786612330025; 6612330023; 9780123704900; 0123704901
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations

The era of seemingly unlimited growth in processor performance is over: single chip architectures can no longer overcome the performance limitations imposed by the power they consume and the heat they generate. Today, Intel and other semiconductor firms are abandoning the single fast processor model...