Computer architecture : fundamentals and principles of computer design /: fundamentals and principles of computer design. (2018)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Computer architecture : fundamentals and principles of computer design /: fundamentals and principles of computer design. (2018)
- Main Title:
- Computer architecture : fundamentals and principles of computer design
- Further Information:
- Note: Joseph D. Dumas II, Joseph D. Dumas II.
- Authors:
- Dumas, Joseph D
Dumas II, Joseph D - Contents:
- Introduction to Computer Architecture; What is Computer Architecture?; Architecture vs. Implementation; Brief History of Computer Systems; The First Generation; The Second Generation; The Third Generation; The Fourth Generation; Modern Computers - The Fifth Generation; Types of Computer Systems; Single Processor Systems; Parallel Processing Systems; Special Architectures; Quality of Computer Systems; Generality and Applicability; Ease of Use; Expandability; Compatibility; Reliability; Success and Failure of Computer Architectures; and Implementations; Quality and the Perception of Quality; Cost Issues; Architectural Openness, Market Timing and Other Issues; Measures of Performance; CPU Performance; Memory System Performance; I/O System Performance; System Benchmarks; Chapter Wrap-Up; Review Questions; ; Computer Memory Systems; The Memory Hierarchy; Characteristics of an Ideal Memory; Characteristics of Real Memory Devices; Hierarchical Memory Systems; Main Memory Interleaving; High-Order Interleaving; Low-Order Interleaving; Logical Organization of Computer Memory; Random Access Memories; Sequential Access Memories; Associative Memories; Cache Memory; Locality of Reference; Hits, Misses, and Performance; Mapping Strategies; Cache Write Policies; Cache Replacement Strategies; Cache Initialization; Memory Management and Virtual Memory; Why Virtual Memory?; Virtual Memory Basics; Paged Virtual Memory; Segmented Virtual Memory; Segmentation with Paging; The MMU and TLB; CacheIntroduction to Computer Architecture; What is Computer Architecture?; Architecture vs. Implementation; Brief History of Computer Systems; The First Generation; The Second Generation; The Third Generation; The Fourth Generation; Modern Computers - The Fifth Generation; Types of Computer Systems; Single Processor Systems; Parallel Processing Systems; Special Architectures; Quality of Computer Systems; Generality and Applicability; Ease of Use; Expandability; Compatibility; Reliability; Success and Failure of Computer Architectures; and Implementations; Quality and the Perception of Quality; Cost Issues; Architectural Openness, Market Timing and Other Issues; Measures of Performance; CPU Performance; Memory System Performance; I/O System Performance; System Benchmarks; Chapter Wrap-Up; Review Questions; ; Computer Memory Systems; The Memory Hierarchy; Characteristics of an Ideal Memory; Characteristics of Real Memory Devices; Hierarchical Memory Systems; Main Memory Interleaving; High-Order Interleaving; Low-Order Interleaving; Logical Organization of Computer Memory; Random Access Memories; Sequential Access Memories; Associative Memories; Cache Memory; Locality of Reference; Hits, Misses, and Performance; Mapping Strategies; Cache Write Policies; Cache Replacement Strategies; Cache Initialization; Memory Management and Virtual Memory; Why Virtual Memory?; Virtual Memory Basics; Paged Virtual Memory; Segmented Virtual Memory; Segmentation with Paging; The MMU and TLB; Cache and Virtual Memory; Chapter Wrap-Up; Review Questions; ; Basics of the Central Processing Unit; The Instruction Set; Machine Language Instructions; Functional Categories of Instructions; Instruction Addressing Modes; Number of Operands Per Instruction; Memory-Register vs. Load-Store Architectures; CISC and RISC Instruction Sets; The Datapath; The Register Set; Integer Arithmetic Hardware; Arithmetic with Real Numbers; The Control Unit; A Simple Example Machine; Hardwired Control Unit; Microprogrammed Control Unit; Chapter Wrap-Up; Review Questions; ; Enhancing CPU Performance; Pipelining; Arithmetic Pipelines; Types of Arithmetic Pipelines; Pipeline Scheduling and Control; Instruction Unit Pipelines; Basics of an Instruction Pipeline; Control Transfers and the Branch Penalty; Branch Prediction; Delayed Control Transfers; Memory Accesses - Delayed Loads and Stores; Data Dependencies and Hazards; Controlling Instruction Pipelines; Characteristics of RISC Machines; Enhancing the Pipelined CPU; Superpipelined Architectures; Superscalar Architectures; Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) Architectures; Chapter Wrap-Up; Review Questions; ; Exceptions, Interrupts, and Input/Output Systems; Exceptions; Hardware-Related Exceptions; Software-Related Exceptions; Input and Output Device Interfaces; Program-Controlled I/O; Memory-Mapped I/O; Separate I/O; Interrupt-Driven I/O; Direct Memory Access; Input/Output Processors; Chapter Wrap-Up; Review Questions; ; Parallel and High-Performance Systems; Types of Computer Systems - Flynn's Taxonomy; Vector Processors; Array Processors; Multiprocessor Systems; Multicomputer Systems; Interconnection Networks for Parallel Systems; Purposes of Interconnection Networks; Interconnection Network Terms and Concepts; Static Interconnection Networks; Buses; Linear and Ring Topologies; Star Network; Tree and Fat Tree Networks; Nearest-Neighbor Mesh; Torus and Illiac Networks; Hypercube Networks; Routing in Static Networks; Dynamic Interconnection Networks; Crossbar Switch; Recirculating Networks; Multistage Networks; Chapter Wrap-Up; Review Questions; ; Special-Purpose and Future Architectures; Dataflow Machines; Artificial Neural Networks; Fuzzy Logic Architectures; Quantum Computing; Chapter Wrap-Up; Review Questions; ; Appendix: Reference and Further Reading Materials with Web Links … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 004.22
Computer architecture
Computer engineering - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781351835169
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781420057959
9781351826471
9781315219271 - Notes:
- Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.378721
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- 02_360.xml