Suitable for a one- or two-semester undergraduate or beginning graduate course in computer science and computer engineering, Computer Organization, Design, and Architecture, Fourth Edition presents the operating principles, capabilities, and limitations of digital computers to enable development of complex yet efficient systems. With 40% updated material and four new chapters, this edition takes students through a solid, up-to-date exploration of single- and multiple-processor systems, embedded architectures, and performance evaluation. New to the Fourth Edition Additional material that covers the ACM/IEEE computer science and engineering curricula More coverage on computer organization, embedded systems, networks, and performance evaluation Expanded discussions of RISC, CISC, VLIW, and parallel/pipelined architectures The latest information on integrated circuit technologies and devices, memory hierarchy, and storage Updated examples, references, and problems Supplying appendices with relevant details of integrated circuits reprinted from vendors' manuals, this book provides all of the necessary information to program and design a computer system.

加州大學伯剋利分校計算機科學係教授，美國國傢工程研究院院士，lEEE和ACM會員，曾因成功的啓發式教育方法被IEEE授予James H.MIAligan，Jr.教育奬章。他因為對RISC技術的貢獻而榮獲1 995年IEEE技術成就奬。在RAID技術方麵的成就為他贏得瞭1999年lEEE Reyrlold Johnson信息存儲奬。2000年他和John L Henrlessy分享瞭馮·諾伊曼奬。

斯坦福大學校長，IEEE和ACM會士，美國國傢工程研究院院士及美國科學藝術研究院院士。Hen rlessy教授因為在RISC技術方麵做齣瞭突齣貢獻而榮獲2001年的Eckert—MatJchly奬章，他也是2001年SeymIour Cray計算機工程奬得主，並且和David A.Pattersorl分享瞭2000年的馮·諾伊曼奬。