Computer organization and architecture : Designing for perforrmance /
William Stallings.
- 7th ed.
- New Jersey : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.
- 778 p.
Reader's guide - Introduction - Computer evolution and performance - A top-level view of computer function and interconnection - Cache memory - Internal memory - External memory - Input/output - Operating system support - Computer arithmetic - Instruction sets: characteristics and functions - Instruction sets: addressing modes and formats - Processor structure and function - Reduced instruction set computers - Instruction-level parallelism and superscalar processors - The IA-64 architecture - Control unit operation - Microprogrammed control - Parallel processing - Number systems - Digital logic - Projects for teaching computer organization and architecture.