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Record Nr.

UNISA996466366703316

Autore

Knuth Donald Ervin <1938->

Titolo

MMIXware : a RISC computer for the third millennium / / Donald E. Knuth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Heidelberg : , : Springer, , [1999]

©1999

ISBN

3-540-46611-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 1999.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 550 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 0302-9743 ; ; 1750

Disciplina

004.22

Soggetti

Computer architecture - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

MMIX -- MMIX-Arith -- MMIX-CONFIG -- MMIX-IO -- MMIX-MEM -- MMIX-PIPE -- MMIX-SIM -- MMIXAL -- MMMIX -- MMOTYPE.

Sommario/riassunto

MMIX is a RISC computer designed by Don Knuth to illustrate machine-level aspects of programming. In the author's book series "The Art of Computer Programming", MMIX replaces the 1960s-style machine MIX. A particular goal in the design of MMIX was to keep its machine language simple, elegant, and easy to learn. At the same time, all of the complexities needed to achieve high performance in practice are taken into account. This book constitutes a collection of programs written in CWEB that make MMIX a virtual reality. Among other utilities, an assembler converting MMIX symbolic files to MMIX objects and two simulators executing the programs in given object files are provided. The latest version of all programs can be downloaded from MMIX's home page. The book provides a complete documentation of the MMIX computer and its assembly language. It also presents mini-indexes, which make the programs much easier to understand. A corrected reprint of the book has been published in August 2014, replacing the version of 1999.