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Computer organization and design : the hardware/software interface

Title
Computer organization and design : the hardware/software interface / John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson ; with a contribution by James R. Larus.
Author
Hennessy, John L.
Publication
San Mateo, Calif. : Morgan Kaufmann, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors
Patterson, David A.
Description
xxiv, 648 pages, 178 unnumbered pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Alternative Title
Computer organization & design.
Subjects
Note
  • Title on spine and cover: Computer organization & design.
  • Author's names appear in reverse order on spine and cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Computer abstractions and technology -- The role of performance -- Instructions : language of the machine -- Arithmetic for computers -- The processor : datapath and control -- Enhancing performance with pipelining -- Large and fast : exploiting memory hierarchy -- Interfacing processors and peripherals -- Parallel processors -- Appendices. Assemblers, linkers and the SPIM simulator / James R. Larus ; The basics of logic design ; Mapping control to hardware ; Introducing C to Pascal programmers ; Another approach to instruction set architecture : VAX.
ISBN
155860281X
LCCN
93017639
OCLC
  • 28026787
  • ocm28026787
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries