Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 004 EAN: 9780123706065 ISBN: 0123706068 Label: Morgan Kaufmann Manufacturer: Morgan Kaufmann Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 621 Publication Date: June 01, 2007 Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Sales Rank: 1682 Studio: Morgan Kaufmann
Product DescriptionWhats New in the Third Edition, Revised Printing
The same great book gets better! This 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
Third Edition features
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 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.
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 - 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
On the CD
NEW: Search function to search for content on both the CD-ROM and the printed text CD-Bars: Full length sections that are introduced in the book and presented on the CD CD-Appendixes: Appendices B-D 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 for the 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 provided on textbooks.elsevier.com:
Solutions to all the exercises Figures from the book in a number of formats Lecture slides prepared by the authors and other instructors Lecture notes
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Uneven, intermediate-level qualitative treatment
The first few chapters are a bit wasted. If this is your first exposure to computer internals, the material there is densely packed and not so well organized. The authors take a sort of patchy top-down approach to introducing the computer, visiting instructions, high-level languages, compilers, arithmetic, memory addressing, etc. I found a much more coherent and satisfying introduction in Patt's "Introduction to Computing Systems", which starts from transistors and works its way up to C over a ... Read More
Rating: - Simple, clear introduction
For anyone who wants to know how simple processing and memory works. IO devices chapter was so thin as to be useless, but the main parts of the book were comprehensive.
Used as a textbook in class, but I will keep it as a reference due to high quality and readability.
Rating: - Poorly organized and has lots of filling material
The book presents computer architecture around MIPS and supporting hardware organization.
Division of the book into printed material and extra material on CD is a bad choice. One ends up printing the CD material anyway. Especially, it is always good to have a quick digital design review at the beginning of a Computer Organization course. But the review is pushed onto the CD. The authors claim they made this weird choice to keep the the size of the book in check. They could have achieved ... Read More
Rating: - Must Read - gem of its kind
I'm a software developer and avid reader of math and tech books.
This book is a gem of its kind.
Positives:
1. Each line in this book has a purpose and you'll definitely learn
2. The author didn't assume you to be a dumb reader; rather he'll influence you enough to come up with your own computer design.
3. For any reader, all the questions that could arise from learning each page will be answered sooner or later. I was impressed.
Rating: - Good Reference, Easy Reading
I like the layout of the book, it works great as a reference, but since I am just beginning my education of computer architecture, I'm actually just reading through it.
The first chapter is bland, covering basic computer knowledge topics, such as how mice work. After that, the book's depth increases dramatically. It give through explanations of compilers and assemblers with ample examples in C and assembly language. There are hints of Java-based examples, but I haven't read far enough to ... Read More
- Uneven, intermediate-level qualitative treatment
- Simple, clear introduction
