CD Sections

• Chapter 1  Computer Abstractions and Technology
  • 1.7 Historical Perspective and Further Reading
• Chapter 2  Instructions: Language of the Computer
  • 2.12 How Compilers Work: An Introduction
  • 2.14 Implementing an Object Oriented Language
  • 2.19 Historical Perspective and Further Reading
• Chapter 3  Arithmetic for Computers
  • 3.10 Historical Perspective and Further Reading
• Chapter 4  Assessing and Understanding Performance
  • 4.7 Historical Perspective and Further Reading
• Chapter 5  The Processor: Datapath and Control
  • 5.7 Microprogramming: Simplifying Control Design
  • 5.8 An Introduction to Digital Design Using a Hardware Design Langauge
  • 5.12 Historical Perspective and Further Reading
• Chapter 6  Enhancing Performance with Pipelining
  • 6.7 Using a Hardware Description Language to Describe and Model a Pipeline
  • 6.13 Historical Perspective and Further Reading
• Chapter 7  Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy
  • 7.9 Historical Perspective and Further Reading
• Chapter 8  Storage, Networks, and Other Peripherals
  • 8.3 Networks
  • 8.11 Historical Perspective and Further Reading
• Chapter 9  Multiprocessors and Clusters
• Appendix A  Assemblers, Linkers, and the SPIM simulator
• Appendix B  The Basics of Logic Design
• Appendix C  Mapping Control to Hardware
• Appendix D  A Survey of RISC Architectures for Desktop, Server, and Embedded Computers