Computer System Architecture Tutorial

Author: Yin Chaoqing
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book focuses on methods and technologies for improving computer parallelism, with performance analysis as its foundation. It introduces the architecture, key technologies, and performance analysis of various computer systems according to the teaching syllabus, supplemented by system examples. The book is divided into two parts. Part one introduces technologies for improving parallelism in SISD computers and performance analysis, including an introduction (Chapter 1), instruction systems (Chapter 2), pipelining techniques and pipelined processors (Chapter 3), and memory systems (Chapter 4). Part two introduces the architecture and key technologies of various computer systems within the parallel computing domain, including interconnection networks and memory access models, contemporary scalable parallel computer architectures such as SMP, MPP, clusters, and SVM (Chapter 7). The book is well-structured, with advanced content and a concise presentation, making it suitable as a teaching text for computer and related disciplines in higher education institutions, as well as a reference for relevant technical professionals.