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Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface. Third Edition, Revised
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 004
EAN: 9780123706065
Edition: 3
ISBN: 0123706068
Label: Morgan Kaufmann
Manufacturer: Morgan Kaufmann
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 621
Publication Date: June 01, 2007
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Studio: Morgan Kaufmann
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Editorial Review:
Whats New in the Third Edition, Revised Printing The same great book gets better! This 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 fixesThird Edition featuresNew pedagogical features Understanding Program Performance
- Analyzes key performance issues from the programmers 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 servers
For More Practice
- Provides students with additional problems they can tackle
In More Depth
- Presents new information and challenging exercises for the advanced student
New reference features Highlighted 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&D.
CD-Library provides materials collected from the web which directly support the text.
In 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
- Googles 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-64 New support for distinct course goals Many 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 tools New 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 databases
On the CD NEW: Search function to search for content on both the CD-ROM and the printed text
CD-Bars: Full length sections that are introduced in the book and presented on the CD
CD-Appendixes: Appendices B-D
CD-Library: Materials collected from the web which directly support the text
CD-Exercises: For More Practice provides exercises and solutions for self-study
In More Depth presents new information and challenging exercises for the advanced or curious student
Glossary: Terms that are defined in the text are collected in this searchable reference
Further Reading: References are organized by the chapter they support
Software: HDL simulators, MIPS simulators, and FPGA design tools
Tutorials: SPIM, Verilog, and VHDL
Additional Support: Processor Models, Labs, Homeworks, Index covering the book and CD contents Instructor Support Instructor support provided on textbooks.elsevier.com: Solutions to all the exercises
Figures from the book in a number of formats
Lecture slides prepared by the authors and other instructors
Lecture notes
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Uneven, intermediate-level qualitative treatment
The first few chapters are a bit wasted. If this is your first exposure to computer internals, the material there is densely packed and not so well organized. The authors take a sort of patchy top-down approach to introducing the computer, visiting instructions, high-level languages, compilers, arithmetic, memory addressing, etc. I found a much more coherent and satisfying introduction in Patt's "Introduction to Computing Systems", which starts from transistors and works its way up to C over a ... Read More
Rating:  - Simple, clear introduction
For anyone who wants to know how simple processing and memory works. IO devices chapter was so thin as to be useless, but the main parts of the book were comprehensive.
Used as a textbook in class, but I will keep it as a reference due to high quality and readability.
Rating: - Poorly organized and has lots of filling material
The book presents computer architecture around MIPS and supporting hardware organization.
Division of the book into printed material and extra material on CD is a bad choice. One ends up printing the CD material anyway. Especially, it is always good to have a quick digital design review at the beginning of a Computer Organization course. But the review is pushed onto the CD. The authors claim they made this weird choice to keep the the size of the book in check. They could have achieved ... Read More
Rating: - Must Read - gem of its kind
I'm a software developer and avid reader of math and tech books.
This book is a gem of its kind.
Positives:
1. Each line in this book has a purpose and you'll definitely learn
2. The author didn't assume you to be a dumb reader; rather he'll influence you enough to come up with your own computer design.
3. For any reader, all the questions that could arise from learning each page will be answered sooner or later. I was impressed.
Warning:
This ... Read More
Rating: - Good Reference, Easy Reading
I like the layout of the book, it works great as a reference, but since I am just beginning my education of computer architecture, I'm actually just reading through it.
The first chapter is bland, covering basic computer knowledge topics, such as how mice work. After that, the book's depth increases dramatically. It give through explanations of compilers and assemblers with ample examples in C and assembly language. There are hints of Java-based examples, but I haven't read far enough to ... Read More
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