Computer Organization and Design MIPS Edition: The Hardware/Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design)

Computer Organization and Design, Fifth Edition is a comprehensive guide to understanding modern computer hardware.

With new examples and material highlighting the emergence of mobile computing and the cloud, this edition provides an in-depth look at the latest technologies and their impact on digital system design.

The book uses a MIPS processor core to present the fundamentals of hardware technologies, assembly language, computer arithmetic, pipelining, memory hierarchies, and I/O systems.

The text also explores the Eight Great Ideas of computer architecture and provides detailed explanations of parallelism, including examples of real-world hardware and software topics.

This edition includes updated exercises and a new concrete example, Going Faster, used throughout the text to demonstrate effective optimization techniques.

Whether you're a professional digital system designer, programmer, application developer, or system software developer, this book is an essential resource for anyone looking to stay ahead of the curve in the rapidly evolving world of computer technology.