High-Performance Computer Architecture (Addison-Wesley Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering)

design ideas embodied in many high-performance machines and stresses techniques for evaluating them. Stone develops a proper understanding of the design process by treating the various trade-offs that exist in designing choices, and shows how good designs make efficient use of technology.

Features

• Teaches techniques for the design and analysis of high-performance machines
• Develops students' intuition for design by treating various tradeoffs that exist in design choices
• Discusses many important topics: RISC architectures, interconnection meshes, Cache coherent and multiprocessors, and Cache Memory.
• Includes enhanced descriptions of RISC Processors
• Expands material on Cache Memory Analysis
• Current technology in RISC with a focused look on super scalar
• Additional memory models and techniques for doing Cache design
• New porposals for coherent memory systems in System C parallel processors
• Both design and thought problems and problems with limiting parameters are provided

This update of the popular book on computer architecture presents design ideas embodied in many high-performance machines and stresses techniques for evaluating them. Stone develops a proper understanding of the design process by treating the various trade-offs that exist in designing choices, and shows how good designs make efficient use of technology. This new edition details the latest developments with high-performance machines; including enhanced descriptions of RISC processors. The material on Cache Memory Analysis has been expanded and additional memory models and techniques for doing Cache design have also been included.