Addison-Wesley Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering: Computer Family Architecture by Robert J. Baron and Lee Higbie (1992, Trade Paperback)

Prentice Hall PTR

0201509237

9780201509236

106925

Robert J. Baron, Lee Higbie

Computer Family Architecture

Trade Paperback

English

1992

Addison-Wesley Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Textbook

560 Pages

9.5in

1.1in

7.8in

37.4 Oz

Qa76.9.A73b373 1992

1. Computer Architecture. Historical Perspectives. A Classification of Computer Architectures. Measuring the Quality of a Computer Architecture. Factors Influencing the Success of a Computer Architecture. 2. Instruction-Set Architecture. Data Representations. Data Precision and Datatypes. Register Sets. Types of Instructions. Addressing Techniques. Instruction-set Design. 3. Buses, the Cpu, and the I/O System. Buses. Central Processing Unit. I/O System. 4. Memory-System Architecture. Memory-system Technology and Cost. Main-memory System. Memory Design Issues. 5. A Computer-Family Architecture: The IBM PC. IBM PC Family and Its Descendants. Basic Microcomputer Configuration. Components of the IBM PC. Software System. Architectural Merit of the PC Architecture. 6. Pipelining and RISCS. Pipelining. Pipelined Vector Processors. Reduced-instruction-set Computers. 7. Parallel Processors. Interconnection Networks. SIMD Machines. MIMD Machines. Alternate Architectures. Appendix A: Some Notational Conventions. Appendix B: Digital Components. References and Suggested Readings. Suggested Answers to Selected Exercises and Problems. Glossary and Index.

1992

College Audience

Systems Architecture / General

91-019130

004.2/2

20

Yes

Computers