The Complexity of Simple Computer Architectures

by Wolfgang J. Paul and Silvia M. Müller

This book presents a formal model for evaluating the cost effectiveness of computer architectures. The model can cope with a wide range of architectures, from CPU design to parallel supercomputers. To illustrate the formal procedure of trade-off analyses, several non-pipelined design alternatives for the well-known RISC architecture called DLX are analyzed quantitatively. It is formally proved that the interrupt mechanism proposed for the DLX architecture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540605800
• ISBN13: 9783540605805
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"