March 2018
Beginner
744 pages
26h 5m
English
In the context of overall computer design, one of the most respected treatments of computer performance is presented in Hennessy and Patterson (2011). Their book integrates performance considerations throughout its exposition of all facets of computer architecture. For a comprehensive text devoted solely to computer performance, Lilja (2005) is readable and thorough in its coverage of the design and analysis of system metrics. Its introduction to the mathematics performance assessment is particularly noteworthy for its clarity. For detailed information on high-performance computing, with excellent coverage of programming and tuning software, as well as benchmarking, see Severance and Dowd (1998). Musumeci and Loukides (2002 ...