Computer architecture : a quantitative approach

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Hennessy, John L.
Other Authors Patterson, David A., Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea C.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2007.
Edition4th ed.
SeriesMorgan 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
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780080475028
0080475027
1282330020
9781282330023
9786612330025
6612330023
9780123704900
0123704901
Physical Description1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Fundamentals of computer design
  • Instruction-level parallelism and its exploitation
  • Limits on instruction-level parallelism
  • Multiprocessors and thread-level parallelism
  • Memory hierarchy design
  • Storage systems
  • Pipelining: basic and intermediate concepts
  • Instruction set principles and examples
  • Review of memory hierarchy.

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