Computer Organization and Design, w. CD-ROM

Autorenporträt:

Dr. David Patterson ist Professor für Computer Science an der University of California, Berkeley. Anfang der 1980er Jahren leitetet er zusammen mit Carlo H. Sequin das Berkeley RISC-Projekt das zu RISC I, dem ersten VLSI Reduced Instruction Set Computer führte. Auf dieser Basis entwickelte Sun Microsystems später den SPARC-Prozessor.
Mitte der 1980er Jahre entwickelte Patterson, zusammen mit Randy Katz, das RAID-Konzept (redundant array of independent disks). 1989 arbeitete er am Supercomputer CM-5. Patterson und seine Kollegen versuchten später, einen Supercomputer aus Standard-Desktopcomputern und Switches aufzubauen. Das daraus entstandene NOW-Projekt (Network of Workstations) führte zur Cluster-Technologie. Heute arbeitet er am ROC-Projekt (Recovery Oriented Computing). 2004 bis 2006 war er Präsident der ACM (Association for Computing Machinery).
Patterson ist Autor von über 150 Artikeln und zahlreicher (Lehr-)Bücher; er erhielt rund 30 Auszeichnungen und Ehrungen für seine Tätigkeit in Forschung und Lehre.

Klappentext:

In addition to thoroughly updating every aspect of the text to reflect the most current computing technology, this edition uses standard 32-bit MIPS 32 as the primary teaching ISA.
It presents the assembler-to-HLL translations in both C and Java and it highlights the latest developments in architecture in Real Stuff sections:

+ Intel IA-32
+ Power PC 604
+ Googles PC cluster
+ Pentium P4
+ SPEC CPU2000 benchmark suite for processors
+ SPEC Web99 benchmark for web servers
+ EEMBC benchmark for embedded systems
+ AMD Opteron memory hierarchy
+ AMD vs. 1A-64


New support for distinct course goals

Many of the adopters who have used our book throughout its two editions are refining their courses with a greater hardware or software focus. We have provided new material to support these course goals:

New material to support a Hardware Focus

+Using logic design conventions
+Designing with hardware description languages
+Advanced pipelining
+Designing with FPGAs
+HDL simulators and tutorials
+Xilinx CAD tools

New material to support a Software Focus

+How compilers Work
+How to optimize compilers
+How to implement object oriented languages
+MIPS simulator and tutorial
+History sections on programming languages, compilers, operating systems and databases

What's new in this edition:

New pedagogical features

Understanding Program Performance
-Analyzes key performance issues from the programmers perspective

Check Yourself Questions
-Helps students assess their understanding of key points ofa section

Computers In the Real World
-Illustrates the diversity of applications of computing technology beyond traditional desktop and servers

For More Practice
-Provides students with additional problems they can tackle

In More Depth
-Presents new information and challenging exercises for the advanced student


New reference features ...

Themen:

• Hardware
• Schnittstelle
• Software

Verwandte Themen:

• Laptop
• Lernspiele (Nonbooks)
• Spiele (Nonbooks)
• Embedded Systems
• Rechnerarchitektur
• Spielzeug; Lernspiele (Nonbooks)
• Softwareentwicklung
• Cloud Computing
• Produktmanagement
• Open Source