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I am looking for a book on computer architecture that starts from a basic level and goes in depth. I found some books like: Structured computer organization by Andrew S. Tanenbaum but i also found negative reviews about this book. ( I have not asked for any review )

I am looking for a book that covers :

  • Principles of computer design - software/ hardware interaction , cost/benifit concept of layers in architecture design
  • Basic computer organization taking 8085 as an example binary arithmetic - add,subtract,multiply-algorithms and implementations. carry look ahead add fast adders.
  • CPU design - Choice of instruction set control structure hardwired and microprogrammed control- RISC v/s CISC , pipelining in CPU design superscalar machines
  • Memory hierarchy design caches,main memory,Interleave memory virtual memory architectural aids in implementing these.
  • I/O Modes - program interrupt , DMA , channel , I/O Processer
  • I/O performance measures - Buses connecting I/O devices to CPU memory - interaction with OS serial/parallel interfaces taking 8251 and 8255 as examples
  • Performance evaluation SPEC marks LINPACK whetstone Dhrystone etc., Transaction processing Benchmarks
  • Multiprocessers - Parallel & distributed computers - SIMD SPMD and MIMD machines

    Please recommend some good books that covers these topics and gives a real feeling of computer science and its architecture.

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    can anyone care to give the reason for the down vote ? – Suhail Gupta Aug 21 '11 at 16:56

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    I think that Computer Architecture - a QUantitative Approach might be what you want. I see that they're up to 4th edition, I've only read the first edition. Also, I don't believe they will cover 8085-related topics.

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    I don't think so ! It won't cover binary arithmetic - add,subtract,multiply-algorithms and implementations. carry look ahead add fast adders. also. I found that book really boring – Suhail Gupta Aug 21 '11 at 17:26
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    Why don't you just google to learn about binary arithmetic then? H&P is probably the most widely used book for computer architecture, and it goes in depth on almost all the topics you mentioned. – BlackJack Aug 21 '11 at 22:23
    I can't comment on the most recent edition(s) of that book, but it's the text we used when I was at uni (nearly 20 years ago now), and it certainly covered a lot of what Suhail is after, and covered it well. It may be that there is no one book that covers everything you want to know, though. – Carson63000 Aug 21 '11 at 22:44

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