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Microprocessor architecture : from simple pipelines to chip multiprocessors / Jean-Loup Baer.

By: Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: xiv, 367 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780521769921 :
  • 0521769922 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA76.5 .B227 2010
Contents:
1. Introduction; 2. The basics; 3. Superscalar processors; 4. Front-end: branch prediction, instruction fetching, and register renaming; 5. Back-end: instruction scheduling, memory access instructions, and clusters; 6. The cache hierarchy; 7. Multiprocessors; 8. Multithreading and (chip) multiprocessors; 9. Current limitations and future challenges.
Summary: This book describes the architecture of microprocessors from simple in-order short pipeline designs to out-of-order superscalars.

1. Introduction; 2. The basics; 3. Superscalar processors; 4. Front-end: branch prediction, instruction fetching, and register renaming; 5. Back-end: instruction scheduling, memory access instructions, and clusters; 6. The cache hierarchy; 7. Multiprocessors; 8. Multithreading and (chip) multiprocessors; 9. Current limitations and future challenges.

This book describes the architecture of microprocessors from simple in-order short pipeline designs to out-of-order superscalars.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-360) and index.

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