Conceptual and precise, Modern Processor Design brings together numerous microarchitectural techniques in a clear, understandable framework that is easily accessible to both graduate and undergraduate students. Complex practices are distilled into foundational principles to reveal the authors' insights and hands-on experience in the effective design of contemporary high-performance micro-processors for mobile, desktop, and server markets. Key theoretical and foundational principles are presented in a systematic way to ensure comprehension of important implementation issues.

The text presents fundamental concepts and foundational techniques such as processor design, pipelined processors, memory and I/O systems, and especially superscalar organization and implementations. Two case studies and an extensive survey of actual commercial superscalar processors reveal real-world developments in processor design and performance. A thorough overview of advanced instruction flow techniques, including developments in advanced branch predictors, is incorporated. Each chapter concludes with homework problems that will institute the groundwork for emerging techniques in the field and an introduction to multiprocessor systems.

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现代处理器设计》概念准确，将众多的微架构技术集中在一个清晰、易懂的框架内，便于研究生和本科生学习。复杂的实践被提炼为基础性原则，揭示了作者在为移动、桌面和服务器市场有效设计当代高性能微处理器方面的见解和实践经验。关键的理论和基础原则以系统的方式呈现，以确保对重要实施问题的理解。

文本介绍了基本概念和基础技术，如处理器设计、流水线处理器、内存和I/O系统，特别是超标量组织和实现。两个案例研究和对实际商业超标量处理器的广泛调查揭示了处理器设计和性能的实际发展。对高级指令流技术的全面概述，包括高级分支预测器的发展，也被纳入其中。每一章最后都有家庭作业问题，将为该领域的新兴技术奠定基础，并介绍了多处理器系统。

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