Microprocessor architecture : from simple pipelines to chip multiprocessors /

This describes microprocessor architecture, from in-order short pipeline designs to out-of-order superscalars. The emphasis is on how things work at a black box and algorithmic level, with enough detail at the register transfer level to allow appreciation of how design features enhance performance a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baer, Jean-Loup
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, Ã2010.
Temas:
Microprocessors.
Computer architecture.
Ordinateurs > Architecture.
COMPUTERS > Systems Architecture > General.
Computer architecture
Microprocessors
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The basics
  • Superscalar processors
  • Front-end : branch predictio, instruction fetching, and register renaming
  • Back-end : instruction scheduling, memory access instructions, and clusters
  • The cache hierarchy
  • Multiprocessors
  • Multithreading and (chip) multiprocessing
  • Current limitations and future challenges.

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