Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware / Software Interface with CDROM
9781558606043
1-55860-604-1
A revised printing for this book will be available in "June 2007 " What??'s New in the Third Edition, Revised Printing The same great book gets better The revised printing features all of the original content along with these additional features: ??? Appendix A (Assemblers, Linkers, and the SPIM Simulator) has been moved from the CD-ROM into the printed book ??? Corrections and bug fixes Click here to request a desk copy of the revised printing About the Third Edition In addition to thoroughly updating every aspect of the text to reflect the most current computing technology, the third edition *Uses standard 32-bit MIPS 32 as the primary teaching ISA.*Presents the assembler-to-HLL translations in both C and Java.*Highlights the latest developments in architecture in Real Stuff sections: + Intel IA-32+ Power PC 604+ Google??'s 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 implementobject oriented languages+MIPS simulator and tutorial+History sections on programming languages, compilers, operating systems and databases "What??'s New in the Third Edition" New pedagogical features "Understanding Program Performance" -Analyzes key performance issues from the programmer??'s perspective "Check Yourself Questions" -Helps students assess their understanding of key points of a 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 Highlighted glossary terms and definitions appear on the book page, as bold-faced entries in the index, and as a separate and searchable reference on the CD. A complete index of the material in the book and on the CD appears in the printed index and the CD includes a fully searchable version of the same index. Historical Perspectives and Further Readings have been updated and expanded to include the history of software R&D. CD-Library provides materials collected from the web which directly support the text. On the CD CD-Bars: Full length sections that are introduced in the book and presented on the CD CD-Appendixes: The entire set of appendixes CD-Library: Materials collected from the web which directly support the text CD-Exercises: "For More Practice" provides exercises and solutions for self-study"In More Depth" presents new information and challenging exercises forthe advanced or curious student Glossary: Terms that are defined in the text are collected in this searchable reference Further Reading: References are organized by the chapter they support Software: HDL simulators, MIPS simulators, and FPGA design tools Tutorials: SPIM, Verilog, and VHDL Additional Support: Processor Models, Labs, Homeworks, Index covering the book and CD contents Instructor Support + Instructor Support is provided in a password-protected site to adopters who request the password from our sales representative+ Solutions