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Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance, 5/E
William Stallings

ISBN-10: 0130812943
ISBN-13:  9780130812940

Publisher:  Prentice Hall
Copyright:  2000
Format:  Cloth; 768 pp
Published:  06/11/1999


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For junior/senior/graduate-level courses in Computer Organization and Architecture in the Computer Science and Engineering departments.

This text provides a clear, comprehensive presentation of the organization and architecture of modern-day computers, emphasizing both fundamental principles and the critical role of performance in driving computer design. The text conveys concepts through a wealth of concrete examples highlighting modern CISC and RISC systems.


Features

  • NEW - Unique Superscalar design chapter.

    • Introduces students to an approach that dominates the microprocessor design field, with two new examples (the UltraSparc II and the MIPS R10000) and a more detailed discussion on the subject. Ex.___

  • NEW - Expanded instructor support—via text-specific Website www.prenhall.com/stallings.

    • Includes links to important sites and course pages; transparency masters and course notes in PDF; PowerPoint slides; and an errata sheet for the book. Ex.___

  • NEW - Optical memory coverage.

    • Presents students with expanded material that includes the topic of magneto-optical memory devices. Ex.___

  • NEW - IA-64 information—Includes predicated execution and speculative loading.

    • Familiarizes students with recent concepts central to the design of the new architecture from Intel and Hewlett-Packard. Ex.___

  • NEW - SMPs, clusters, and NUMA systems descriptions.

    • Allows students to make detailed comparisons among symmetric multiprocessors (SMPs), clusters, and non-uniform memory access (NUMA) systems. Ex.___

  • Numerous running examples—Especially Pentium II and PowerPC.

    • Illustrates systems that encompass many of the contemporary design initiatives. Ex.___

  • Approximately 200 homework problems—With a range of difficulty.

    • Provides students with an opportunity to test and expand their understanding of the material. Ex.___

  • Complete coverage of instruction set architecture—With examples.

    • Gives students a firm grasp of instruction set design issues. Ex.___

  • Full coverage of microprogrammed implementation.

    • Gives students a firm grasp on this area so that they can truly understand processor organization. Ex.__

  • Detailed treatment of bus organization and specifications—Includes the important examples of PCI and Futurebus+.

    • Focuses students on the functioning of buses around which virtually all microprocessors are organized. Ex.___

  • Interaction of I/O modules with the outside world and the CPU—Includes important external interface examples of SCSI and FireWire.

    • Shows students the function and structure of I/O enabling them to have a complete understanding of the subject. Ex.___

  • Broad presentation of RISC technology.

    • Unifies important design features found in almost all contemporary machines, including Pentium II and III. Ex.___

  • Unified treatment of internal and external memory—Covers leading-edge areas such as magneto-optical; advanced DRAM; and RAID disk arrays.

    • Enhances students' understanding of hierarchy elements, from cache to optical memory. Ex.___

  • Integer arithmetic and the IEEE 754 floating-point standard expanded coverage.

    • Promotes better motivation among students by clarifying this material. Ex.___

  • Recommended websites and reading lists—At the end of each chapter.

    • Enables the student to get up-to-date and supplementary information. Ex.___


New To This Edition

  • Unique Superscalar design chapter.

    • Introduces students to an approach that dominates the microprocessor design field, with two new examples (the UltraSparc II and the MIPS R10000) and a more detailed discussion on the subject. Ex.___

  • Expanded instructor support—via text-specific Website www.prenhall.com/stallings.

    • Includes links to important sites and course pages; transparency masters and course notes in PDF; PowerPoint slides; and an errata sheet for the book. Ex.___

  • Optical memory coverage.

    • Presents students with expanded material that includes the topic of magneto-optical memory devices. Ex.___

  • IA-64 information—Includes predicated execution and speculative loading.

    • Familiarizes students with recent concepts central to the design of the new architecture from Intel and Hewlett-Packard. Ex.___

  • SMPs, clusters, and NUMA systems descriptions.

    • Allows students to make detailed comparisons among symmetric multiprocessors (SMPs), clusters, and non-uniform memory access (NUMA) systems. Ex.___


Table of Contents

I. OVERVIEW.

1. Introduction.

2. Computer Evolution and Performance.

II. THE COMPUTER SYSTEM.

3. System Buses.

4. Internal Memory.

5. External Memory.

6. Input/Output.

7. Operating System Support.

III. THE CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT.

8. Computer Arithmetic.

9. Instruction Sets: Characteristics and Functions.

10. Instruction Sets: Addressing Modes and Formats.

11. CPU Structure and Function.

12. Reduced Instruction Set Computers (RISCs).

13. Instruction-Level Parallelism and Superscalar Processors.

IV. THE CONTROL UNIT.

14. Control Unit Operation.

15. Microprogrammed Control.

V. PARALLEL ORGANIZATION.

16. Parallel Processing.

Appendix A: Digital Logic.

Appendix B: Projects for Teaching Computer Organization and Architecture.

References.

Glossary.

Index.

Acronyms.


Next Edition(s)

  • Computer Organization and Architecture, 9/E
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  • Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance, 8/E
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    ISBN-10: 0136073735  |  ISBN-13: 9780136073734
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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.


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This book provides comprehensive and completely up-to-date coverage of computer organization and architecture. This book covers the leading-edge areas of superscalar design, IA-64 design features and parallel processor organization trends. It meets students' needs by addressing both the fundamental principles as well as the critical role of performance in driving computer design. This book also includes an unparalleled degree of instructor support, supplements and on-line resources.

DISTINGUISHING KEY FEATURES:

  • 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.

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