
Computer Organization and Design MIPS Edition
6th Edition
The Hardware/Software Interface
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Table of Contents
1. Computer Abstractions and Technology
2. Instructions: Language of the Computer
3. Arithmetic for Computers
4. The Processor
5. Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy
6. Parallel Processors from Client to Cloud
Appendix
A. Assemblers, Linkers, and the SPIM Simulator
B. The Basics of Logic Design
C. Graphics and Computing GPUs
D. Mapping Control to Hardware
E. A Survey of RISC Architectures for Desktop, Server, and Embedded Computers
Description
Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Sixth Edition, the leading, award-winning textbook from Patterson and Hennessy used by more than 40,000 students per year, continues to present the most comprehensive and readable introduction to this core computer science topic. Improvements to this new release include new sections in each chapter on Domain Specific Architectures (DSA) and updates on all real-world examples that keep it fresh and relevant for a new generation of students.
Key Features
- Covers parallelism in-depth, with examples and content highlighting parallel hardware and software topics
- Includes new sections in each chapter on Domain Specific Architectures (DSA)
- Discusses and highlights the "Eight Great Ideas" of computer architecture, including Performance via Parallelism, Performance via Pipelining, Performance via Prediction, Design for Moore's Law, Hierarchy of Memories, Abstraction to Simplify Design, Make the Common Case Fast and Dependability via Redundancy
Readership
Undergraduate electrical engineering, computer engineering or computer science students taking a computer organization/computer architecture or computer design course; Professional digital system designers, programmers, application developers, and system software developers
Details
- No. of pages:
- 832
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Morgan Kaufmann 2021
- Published:
- 20th November 2020
- Imprint:
- Morgan Kaufmann
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780128226742
- Paperback ISBN:
- 9780128201091
Awards
Winner of a 2014 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from the Text and Academic Authors Association
Ratings and Reviews
About the Authors

David Patterson
ACM named David A. Patterson a recipient of the 2017 ACM A.M. Turing Award for pioneering a systematic, quantitative approach to the design and evaluation of computer architectures with enduring impact on the microprocessor industry. David A. Patterson is the Pardee Chair of Computer Science, Emeritus at the University of California Berkeley. His teaching has been honored by the Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of California, the Karlstrom Award from ACM, and the Mulligan Education Medal and Undergraduate Teaching Award from IEEE. Patterson received the IEEE Technical Achievement Award and the ACM Eckert-Mauchly Award for contributions to RISC, and he shared the IEEE Johnson Information Storage Award for contributions to RAID. He also shared the IEEE John von Neumann Medal and the C & C Prize with John Hennessy. Like his co-author, Patterson is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Computer History Museum, ACM, and IEEE, and he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame. He served on the Information Technology Advisory Committee to the U.S. President, as chair of the CS division in the Berkeley EECS department, as chair of the Computing Research Association, and as President of ACM. This record led to Distinguished Service Awards from ACM, CRA, and SIGARCH.
Affiliations and Expertise
Pardee Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, USA

John Hennessy
ACM named John L. Hennessy a recipient of the 2017 ACM A.M. Turing Award for pioneering a systematic, quantitative approach to the design and evaluation of computer architectures with enduring impact on the microprocessor industry. John L. Hennessy is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1977 and was, from 2000 to 2016, its tenth President. Prof. Hennessy is a Fellow of the IEEE and ACM; a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Science, and the American Philosophical Society; and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among his many awards are the 2001 Eckert-Mauchly Award for his contributions to RISC technology, the 2001 Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award, and the 2000 John von Neumann Award, which he shared with David Patterson. He has also received seven honorary doctorates.
Affiliations and Expertise
Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Stanford University, USA
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