| The Complexity of Simple Computer Architectures 1995 Edition Contributor(s): Müller, Silvia M. (Editor), Paul, Wolfgang J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3540605800 ISBN-13: 9783540605805 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1995 Annotation: This book presents a formal model for evaluating the cost effectiveness of computer architectures. The model can cope with a wide range of architectures, from CPU design to parallel supercomputers. To illustrate the formal procedure of trade-off analyses, several non-pipelined design alternatives for the well-known RISC architecture called DLX are analyzed quantitatively. It is formally proved that the interrupt mechanism proposed for the DLX architecture handles nested interrupts correctly. In an appendix all programs to compute the cost and cycle time of the designs described are listed in C code. Running these simple C programs on a PC is sufficient to verify the results presented. The book addresses design professionals and students in computer architecture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Systems Architecture - General - Computers | Hardware - Mobile Devices - Computers | Computer Science |
| Dewey: 004.22 |
| LCCN: 95045657 |
| Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.92 lbs) 273 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents a formal model for evaluating the cost effectiveness of computer architectures. The model can cope with a wide range of architectures, from CPU design to parallel supercomputers. To illustrate the formal procedure of trade-off analyses, several non-pipelined design alternatives for the well-known RISC architecture called DLX are analyzed quantitatively. It is formally proved that the interrupt mechanism proposed for the DLX architecture handles nested interrupts correctly. In an appendix all programs to compute the cost and cycle time of the designs described are listed in C code. Running these simple C programs on a PC is sufficient to verify the results presented. The book addresses design professionals and students in computer architecture. |