TY - BOOK AU - Stallings, William. TI - Computer organization and architecture designing for performance. SN - 9780135064177 AV - QA76.9.C643.S73 PY - 2010/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson KW - Architecture N1 - Includes index; 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 ER -