- Paperback: 1000 pages
- Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers In; International edition edition (8 Dec 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 155860491X
- ISBN-13: 978-1558604919
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 18.7 x 4.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #100 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Interface Design
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"This book trains the student with the concepts needed to lay a solid foundation for joining exciting field. More importantly, this book provides a framework for thinking about computer organization and design that will enable the reader to continue the lifetime of learning necessary for staying at the forefront of this competitive discipline." -- John Crawford, Intel Fellow, Director of Microprocessor Architecture, Intel, USA
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This classic text demonstrates the relationships between the software and hardware and focuses on the fundamental concepts that are the basis for current computer design. Using a distinctive, 'learning by evolution' approach, the authors present the idea from its first principles, incrementally adding complexity through a series of worked examples until readers have acquired an understanding of the entire MIPS instruction set and fundamentals of assembly language. Computer arithmetic, pipelining, and memory hierarchies are treated to the same evolutionary approach. The design, performance and significance of I/O systems are also discussed in depth, and an entire chapter is devoted to the emerging architectures of multiprocessor systems. The text provides relevant and tangible examples of how concepts are implemented in commercially successful products and shares learned experiences of the authors and other designers in the industry. Key terms summarise the essential ideas introduced in the chapter.
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Warning: the answers to the exercises are not provided and neither can they legally be obtained by anyone who is not a lecturer. This is of course great for lazy lecturers (they don't have to come up with original questions) but renders a rather pricey volume useless for self study. The publisher claims that it is to prevent students from cheating: but, let's face it, they will manage anyway; and if they do - so what!? - they will only be cheating themselves. So don't even think about buying this book unless it is a set text on your CS course... and even then you should wait until September 2004, as a totally revised new edition will be available.
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Warning: the answers to the exercises are not provided and neither can they legally be obtained by anyone who is not a lecturer. This is of course great for lazy lecturers (they don't have to come up with original questions) but renders a rather pricey volume useless for self study. The publisher claims that it is to prevent students from cheating: but, let's face it, they will manage anyway; and if they do - so what!? - they will only be cheating themselves. So don't even think about buying this book unless it is a set text on your CS course... and even then you should wait until September 2004, as a totally revised new edition will be available.
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