Computer organization and architecture : designing for performance /
William Stallings.
- 4th ed.
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1996.
- xiv, 682 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + hbk.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 655-668) and index.
Part I: Overview -- Introduction -- Computer Evolution and Performance -- Part II: The computer system -- System Buses -- Internal memory -- External memory -- Input/Output -- Operating system support -- Part III: The Central Processing Unit -- Computer Arithmetic -- Instruction Sets: Characteristics and Functions -- Instruction Sets: Addressing Modes and Formats -- CPU Structure and Function -- Reduced Instruction Set Computers (RISCs) -- Superscaler Processors -- Part IV: The control Unit -- Control Unit Operation -- Microprogrammed Control -- Part V: Parallel Organization -- Parallel Processing.