Microprocessors
A Programmer's View
McGraw-Hill Inc.,US (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 1990
Book
Hardback
462 pages
978-0-07-016638-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book is suitable for an advanced level course which is concerned with comparing and contrasting the many competing microprocessor designs currently available. It concentrates on the interesting features that distinguish the most important chips and emphasises the comparison of RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) and CISC (Complete Instruction Set Computer) chips.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Adult education
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 163 mm
Weight
6200 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-016638-7 (9780070166387)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction to Microprocessors. An Introduction to the 80386. Addressing and Memory on the 80386. Tasking, Paging and Interrupts on the 80386. Floating Point and the 80387. The 68030 Programming Model. The 68030 Supervisor State. The RISC Approach. The IBM ROMP. The Sun SPARC. The MIPS R2000. The Intel I860. The Motorola 88000. The INIMOS Transputer. CISC vs. RISC: A Summary and the Future.