Patterson, David A.

Computer organization and design : the hardware/software interface / David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy. - 4th ed. - xxv, 703 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. + 1CD-ROM - The Morgan Kaufmann series in computer architecture and design .

Rev. ed. of: Computer organization and design / John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson. 1998. Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: Computer Abstractions and Technology Instructions: Language of the Computer Arithmetic for Computers Assessing and Understanding Performance The Processor Enhancing Performance with Pipelining Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy Storage, Networks and Other Peripherals Multiprocessors and Clusters Mapping Control to Hardware A Survey of RISC Architectures for Desktop, Server, and Embedded Computers.

"Presents the fundamentals of hardware technologies, assembly language, computer arithmetic, pipelining, memory hierarchies and I/O"--

College of Engineering and Computer Studies

9780123747501 (pbk.)

2011029199


Computer organization.
Computer engineering.
Computer interfaces.

QA76.9.C643 / H46 2012

004.22/P27