High Performance Computer Architecture

19th
MAY

Posted by bandr under Architecture, General Programming

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.

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