本书系统地介绍了计算机系统的设计基础、指令集系统结构,流水线和指令集并行技术。层次化存储系统与存储设备。互连网络以及多处理器系统等重要内容。在这个*新版中,作者更新了单核处理器到多核处理器的历史发展过程的相关内容,同时依然使用他们广受好评的“量化研究方法”进行计算设计,并展示了多种可以实现并行,陛的技术,而这些技术可以看成是展现多处理器体系结构威力的关键!在介绍多处理器时,作者不但讲解了处理器的性能,还介绍了有关的设计要素,包括能力。可靠性、可用性和可信性。
本书内容丰富,既介绍了当今计算机体系结构的*新研究成果,也引述了许多计算机系统设计开发方面的实践经验。另外,各章结尾还附有大量的习题和参考文献。本书既可以作为高等院校计算机专业高年级本科生和研究生学习“计算机体系结构”和“计算机组成原理”等课程的教材或参考书,也可供与计算机相关的专业人士学习参考。
本书特色
·每章中的“Putting,It All Together”小节关注了业界的各种*新技术,包括Sun Niagara处理器、AMD Opteron处理器以及Intel Pentium 4处理器。.
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Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Computer Design
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Classes of Computers
1.3 Defining Computer Architecture
1.4 Trends in Technology
1.5 Trends in Power in Integrated Circuits
1.6 Trends in Cost
1.7 Dependability
1.8 Measuring, Reporting, and Summarizing Performance
1.9 Quantitative Principles of Computer Design
1.10 Putting It All Together: Performance and Price-Performance
1.11 Fallacies and Pitfalls
1.12 Concluding Remarks
1.13 Historical Perspectives and References Case Studies with Exercises by Diana Franklin
Chapter 2 Instruction-Level Parallelism and Its Exploitation
2.1 Instruction-Level Parallelism: Concepts and Challenges
2.2 Basic CompilerTechniques for Exposing lLP
2.3 Reducing Branch Costs with Prediction
2.4 Overcoming Data Hazards with Dynamic Scheduling
2.5 Dynamic Scheduling:Examples and the Algorithm
2.6 Hardware-Based Speculation
2.7 Exploiting ILP Using Multiple Issue and Static Scheduling
2.8 Exploiting ILP Using Dynamic Scheduling,Multiple Issue,and Speculation
2.9 Advanced Techniques for Instruction Delivery and Speculation
2.10 Putting It All Together:The Intel Pentium4
2.11 Fallacties and Pitfalls
2.12 Concluding Remarks
2.13 Historical Perspective and References
Case Studies with Exercises by Robert P.Colwell
Chapter 3 Limits on Instruction-Level Paralleilsm
Chapter 4 Multiprocessors and Thread-Level Parallelism
Chapter 5 Memory Hierarchy Design
Chapter 6 Storage Systmes
Appendix A Pipelining:Basic and Intermediate Concepts
Appendix B Instrction Set Principles and Examples
Appendix C Review of Memory Hierarchy
Companion CD Appendices
Appendiex D Embedded Systems
Appendiex E Interconnection Networks
Appendiex F Vector Processors
Appendiex G Hardware and Software for VLIW and EPIC
Appendiex H Large-Scale Multiprocessors and Scientific Applications
Appendiex I Computer Arithmetic
Appendiex J Survey of Instruction Set Architectures
Appendiex K Historical Perspectives and References
Online Appendix
Appendiex L Solutionas to Case Study Exercises
References
Index

John L.Hennessy,斯坦福大学校长,IEEE和ACM会士,美国**工程研究院院士及美国科学艺术研究院院士,因在RISC技术方面做出的突出贡献而荣获了2001年的Eckert-Mauchly奖。同时他也是2001是Seymour Cray计算机工程奖得主,并且和本书另外一位作者David A.Patterson分享了2000的IEEE John von Neumann奖。