SUGGESTED READING
E.1 ARM REFERENCES
ARM Architecture Reference Manual, Second Edition, Published 2001, edited by David Seal. Addison-Wesley. The definitive reference for the ARM architecture definition.
ARM System-on-Chip Architecture, Second Edition, Published 2000, by Steve Furber. Addison-Wesley. Covers the hardware aspects of ARM processors and SOC design.
E.2 ALGORITHM REFERENCES
Digital Signal Processing: Principles, Algorithms, and Applications, by John G. Proakis and Dimitris G. Manolakis. Published 1996. PrenticeHall. This is a solid book on DSP algorithms.
The Art of Computer Programming: Seminumerical Algorithms, by Donald E. Knuth. Third Edition, Published 1998. Addison-Wesley. A highly respected work covering random number generation, algorithms used for extended-precision arithmetic, as well as many other fundamental algorithms.
E.3 MEMORY MANAGEMENT AND CACHE ARCHITECTURE (HARDWARE OVERVIEW AND REFERENCE)
The Cache Memory Book, by Jim Handy. Second edition (1998). Academic Press. Provides a detailed discussion of cache design.
Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, by John L. Hennessy et al. Morgan Kaufmann. 2nd edition (1996). A classic text on computer hardware design.
Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, by David A. Patterson et al. 1997. Morgan Kaufmann. A solid textbook showing the relationship between hardware and software in modern computer systems.
E.4 OPERATING SYSTEM REFERENCES
Design of the UNIX Operating System, by Maurice J. Bach (1986). Prentice-Hall. Describes the internal algorithms and structures of the UNIX System V kernel.
Operating Systems, 2nd edition (1990) by Harvey M. Deitel. Addison-Wesley. A very good introductory text on operating systems.
Modern Operating Systems, 2nd edition (2001) by Andrew Tanenbaum. Prentice-Hall. A thorough overview of operating system design.