Stallings, William. <br/><br/>
Computer organization and architecture designing for performance. / 
William Stallings. 
 - 8th ed. 
 - Boston:  Pearson,  2010. 
 - 792 p:  ill.;  24cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Overview: Introduction -- Computer evolution and performance -- The Computer system: A Top- level view of computer function and interconnection -- Cache memory -- Internal memory technology -- External memory -- Input/ output -- Operating system support -- The Central processing unit: Computer arithmetic -- Instruction sets: charaterisitcs and functions -- Instructon sets addressing modes and formats -- Processor structure and function -- Reduced instruction set computers (RISCs) -- Instruction- level parallelsim and superscalar processors -- Control unit operation -- Microprogrammed control -- Parallel organization: Parallel processing -- Multicore computers -- Appendix A: Projects for teaching computer organization and architecture -- Assembly language and related topics -- Online chapters: Number systems -- Digital logic -- The IA- 64 Architrecture. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780135064177 0135064171 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Architecture.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA76.9.C643.S73