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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818406303321

Autore

Blanchet Gerard

Titolo

Computer architecture / / Gérard Blanchet, Bertrand Dupouy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : ISTE

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2013

ISBN

9781785393488

1785393480

9781118577431

1118577434

9781299146310

1299146317

9781118577790

1118577795

9781118577783

1118577787

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.)

Collana

Computer engineering series

Altri autori (Persone)

DupouyBertrand

Disciplina

004.22

Soggetti

Computer architecture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Elements of a basic architecture -- pt. 2. Programming model and operation -- pt. 3. Memory hierarchy -- pt. 4. Parallelism and performance enhancement -- pt. 5. Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

This book lays out the concepts necessary to understand how a computer works.For reasons of clarity, the authors have deliberately chosen examples that apply to machines from all eras, without having to water down the contents of the book. This choice helps to show how techniques, concepts and performances have evolved since the first computers.The book is divided into five parts. The first four, which are of increasing difficulty, are the core of the book: "Elements of a Basic Architecture", "Programming Model and Operation", "Memory Hierarchy", "Parallelism and Performance Enh