TY - BOOK AU - Stallings,William TI - Computer organization and architecture : designing for performance. SN - 0131856448 AV - QA76.9.C643S73 U1 - 004.2/2 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Upper Saddle River, NJ PB - Pearson/Prentice Hall KW - Computer organization KW - Computer architecture N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Reader's guide -- Introduction -- Computer evolution and performance -- A Top-level view of computer functions and interconnection -- Cache memory -- Internal memory -- External memory -- Input/output -- Operating system support -- Computer arithmetic -- Instruction sets: characteristics and functions -- Addressing modes and formats -- Processor structure and function -- Reduced instruction set computers -- Instruction leve-level parallelism and superscalar processors -- The IA-64 architecture -- Control unit operation -- Microprogrammed control -- Parallel processing -- Appendix A: Number systems -- Appendix B: Digital logic -- Appendix C: Projects for teaching computer organization and architecture --Glossary ER -