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Microprocessors : a programmer's view
- Title
- Microprocessors : a programmer's view / Robert B.K. Dewar, Matthew Smosna.
- Author
- Dewar, Robert B. K.
- Publication
- New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1990.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QA76.6 .D515 1990 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Smosna, Matthew.
- Description
- xviii, 462 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This book is suitable for an advanced level course which is concerned with comparing and contrasting the many competing microprocessor designs currently available. It concentrates on the interesting features that distinguish the most important chips and emphasises the comparison of RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) and CISC (Complete Instruction Set Computer) chips.
- Series Statement
- Computing that works
- Uniform Title
- Computing that works.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Microprocessors -- Introduction to the 80386 -- Addressing and memory on the 80386 -- Tasking, virtual memory, and exceptions to the 80386 -- Microprocessors and floating-point arithmetic -- 68030 user programming model -- 68030 supervisor state -- Introduction to RISC architectures -- MIPS processors -- SPARC architecture -- Intel i860 -- IBM RISC chips -- INMOS transputer -- Future of microprocessor design.
- ISBN
- 0070166382
- 9780070166387
- 0070166390
- 9780070166394
- LCCN
- 89077320
- OCLC
- ocm20825995
- 20825995
- SCSB-1953551
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library