This book is a comprehensive reference that discusses almost all the latest and powerful microprocessors - Pentium, PowerPC, DEC Alpha AXP, SuperSPARC, microprocessors without interlocked pipeline stages (MIPS) R4400, MC88110, and HP PA-RISC, among others.
Students and professionals will find this book unique compared with the other books on the same subject because:
1 : The system architecture is placed in the beginning, followed by a short description of the various implementations : This is in line with the fact that system architecture is generally designed to survive several generations.
2 : Unlike other books, which cover the lower-level models (8086, MC68000) only, this book covers in great detail even the top-level models.
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Part 1 : General Principles
Chapter 1 : Introduction Chapter 2 : General Structure of Microprocessors Chapter 3 : Microprocessor Architecture Chapter 4 : Memory Hierarchy Chapter 5 : Pipelining Chapter 6 : Reduced Instruction Set Computer Principles
Part 2 : The Intel x86 Family
Chapter 7 : The Intel x86 Family Architecture Chapter 8 : The Pentium Chapter 9 : The i486 and i386 Microprocessors Chapter 10 : Earlier Systems : 8086, 80186, and 80286
Part 3 : The Motorola M68000 Family
Chapter 11 : The MC680x0 Architecture Chapter 12 : The MC68060 and MC68040 Chapter 13 : Earlier M68000 Family Microprocessors
Part 4 : Advanced RISC Microprocessors
Chapter 14 : The DEC Alpha AXP Chapter 15 : The PowerPC Family Chapter 16 : The Sun SPARC Family Chapter 17 : The MIPS Rx000 Family Chapter 18 : The Intel i860 Family Chapter 19 : The Motorola M88000 Family Chapter 20 : The HP Precision Architecture Family
Part 5 : System Development and Comparison
Chapter 21 : System Development Chapter 22 : System Comparison Chapter 23 : Microprocessors Then and Now
