Advanced Computer Architectures

ISBN-13: 9780849337581 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 352 str.

Shiva Sajjan G; Shiva G. Shiva

Opis

This book is a timeless distillation of the underlying principles of computer architecture punctuated by real-world implementations in popular current and past commercially available systems. It briefly reviews the basics of uniprocessor architecture before outlining the most popular processing paradigms, performance evaluation, and cost factor considerations. This builds to a discussion of pipeline design and vector processors, data parallel architectures, and multiprocessor systems. Rounding out the book, the final chapter explores some important current and emerging trends such as Dataflow, Grid, biology-inspired, and optical computing. Each chapter includes problems and references.

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION
Computing Paradigms
The Need for Advanced Architectures
Book Overview
References

UNIPROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE OVERVIEW
Uniprocessor Model
Enhancement to the Uniprocessor Model
Example Systems
Summary
References
Problems

MODELS AND TERMINOLOGY
Effect of Application on the Architecture
Application Characteristics
Processing Paradigms
Flynn's Taxonomy
Computer Networks
Performance Evaluation
Cost Factor
Summary
References
Problems

PIPELINING
Pipeline Model
Pipeline Control and Performance
Other Pipeline Problems
Dynamic Pipelines
Example Systems
Summary
References
Problems

VECTOR PROCESSORS
Vector Processor Models
Memory Design Considerations
Architecture of the Cray Series
Performance Evaluation
Programming Vector Processors
Example Systems
Summary
References
Problems

ARRAY PROCESSORS
SIMD Organization
Data Storage Techniques and Memory Organization
Interconnection Networks
Performance Evaluation and Scalability
Programming SIMDs
Example Systems
Summary
References
Problems

MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS
MIMD Organization
Memory Organization
Interconnection Networks
Operating System Considerations
Programming
Performance Evaluation and Scalability
Example Systems
Summary
References
Problems

CURRENT DIRECTIONS
Dataflow Architectures
GRID Computing
Biology Inspired Computing
Optical Computing
References

O autorze

Sajjan G. Shiva