Computer organization and architecture : designing for performance / created by William Stallings

Includes bibliographical references and index

I. Introduction 1. Basic Concepts and Computer Evolution 2. Performance Concepts II. The Computer System 3. A Top-Level View of Computer Function and Interconnection 4. The Memory Hierarchy: Locality and Performance 5. Cache Memory 6. Internal Memory 7. External Memory 8. Input/Output 9. Operating System Support III. Arithmetic and Logic 10. Number Systems 11. Computer Arithmetic 12. Digital Logic IV. Instruction Sets and Assembly Language 13. Instruction Sets: Characteristics and Functions 14. Instruction Sets: Addressing Modes and Formats 15. Assembly Language and Related Topics V. The Central Processing Unit 16. Processor Structure and Function 17. Reduced Instruction Set Computers 18. Instruction-Level Parallelism and Superscalar Processors 19. Control Unit Operation and Microprogrammed Control VI. Parallel Organization 20. Parallel Processing 21. Multicore Computers