Computer Architecture: Single and Parallel Systems

By Mehdi R. Zargham

This text takes a two-fold approach: to provide a foundation for understanding and evaluating the design principles incorporated in modern computers; and to present basic techniques for designing parallel systems and parallel algorithms.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130106615
• ISBN13: 9780130106612
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.0" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent for understanding computer architecture.

I have read almost 50% of this book thoroughly and found to be very good ,especially the chapter where he explains the memories, cache and other associative memory architectures. There is chapter on pipelining and instruction level parallelism is the best.The book also explains various computer architectures.Book also explains the semaphores and mutexes from the firemware perspective.The appendix also tells very good explanation of the digital logic,especially state machine design etc. Overall if you are doing logic design (esp controllers) in verilog or VHDL and you look for implementation architectures this book will change your outlook.