The next generation of computer system designers will be less concerned about details of processors and memories, and more concerned about the elements of a system tailored to particular applications. These designers will have a fundamental knowledge of processors and other elements in the system, but the success of their design will depend on the skills in making system-level tradeoffs that optimize the cost, performance and other attributes to meet application requirements. This book provides a new treatment of computer system design, particularly for System-on-Chip (SOC), which addresses the issues mentioned above.

下一代计算机系统设计师将更少关注处理器和内存的细节，而更关注为特定应用定制的系统元素。这些设计师将具备处理器和系统中其他元素的基本知识，但他们设计的成功将取决于在系统级权衡方面的技能，以优化成本、性能和其他属性以满足应用程序需求。本书提供了计算机系统设计的新方法，特别是片上系统（SOC），它解决了上述问题。