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Inside the machine : an illustrated introduction to microprocessors and computer architecture /

Modern computers perform countless tasks ranging from the business-critical to the recreational, but regardless of how differently they may look and behave, they're all amazingly similar in basic function. Once a person understands how the microprocessor - or central processing unit (CPU) - wor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stokes, Jon, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Francisco : No Starch Press, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Basic computing concepts
  • The mechanics of program execution
  • Pipelined execution
  • Superscalar execution
  • The Intel Pentium and Pentium Pro
  • PowerPC processors: 600 series, 700 series, and 7400
  • Intel's Pentium 4 vs Motorola's G4e : approaches and design philosophies
  • Intel's Pentium 4 vs Motorola's G4e : the back end
  • 64-bit computing and x86-64
  • The G5: IBM's Power PC 970
  • Understanding caching and performance
  • Intel's Pentium M, Core Duo, and Core Duo 2.