The Anatomy of a High-Performance Microprocessor: A Systems Perspective
Overview of the Companion CD-ROMTechnical Presentations10 presentations focusing on various book topics (e.g., Instruction Set Architectures, Instruction Level Parallelism, Rambus and Direct DRAM, Platform Components for 3D Graphics)Video Clips21 video clips where engineers and scientists respond to questions related to the design and implementation of a contemporary microprocessor, the AMD K6 3DSimulatorsHDL simulators with comprehensive manuals and tutorials: VHDL, Verilog, and a combined timing diagram editor and test vector generators. The reader can write simulations of the architectural elements discussed in the bookHypertext Version of the BookA completely hypertexted copy of the book, not just the obvious hyperlinks like the table of contents, list of figures and tables, and glossary/index, but also key figures are linked to the describing elements in the figures. All of the material on the CD-ROM is hyperlinked within the book.Articles from Professional Society Periodicals and Conference Proceedings45 articles from professional society periodicals and conference proceedings (e.g.,Computer, IEEE Micro, IEEE Design & Test of Computers, IEEE Transactions on Computers, IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Workshops on Microprogramming, International Symposia on Microarchitecture, International Solid State Circuits Conference)Reports and Documents such as Specifications, Product Data Sheets, University and Government Reports, and Industry and IEEE StandardsOver 30 complete databooks, datasheets, white papers, specifications, and standards - both important IEEE standards and "de facto" industrial standards, 18 articles from respected industrial publications (e.g.,IBM Journal of Research and Developmentand theMicroprocessor Report)Audio ClipsOver a dozen audio clips on key topics in the book (e.g., various platform, system, and architectural issues)