Computer Organization and Design, Third Edition: The Hardware/Software Interface, Third Edition
Computer Organization and Design, Third Edition: The Hardware/Software Interface, Third Edition A revised printing for this book will be available in June 2007!What's New in the Third Edition, Revised Printing The same great book gets better! The 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 fixesClick here to request a desk copy of the revised printing!About the Third EditionIn 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 Google's 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-64New support for distinct course goalsMany 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 toolsNew 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 databasesWhat's New in the Third EditionNew pedagogical featuresUnderstanding Program Performance -Analyzes key performance issues from the programmer's 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 serversFor More Practice-Provides students with additional problems they can tackleIn More Depth -Presents new information and challenging exercises for the advanced studentNew reference featuresHighlighted 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
