- Write Great Code, Volume 1
- Acknowledgments
- 1. What You Need to Know to Write Great Code
- 2. Numeric Representation
- 2.1 What Is a Number?
- 2.2 Numbering Systems
- 2.3 Numeric/String Conversions
- 2.4 Internal Numeric Representation
- 2.5 Signed and Unsigned Numbers
- 2.6 Some Useful Properties of Binary Numbers
- 2.7 Sign Extension, Zero Extension, and Contraction
- 2.8 Saturation
- 2.9 Binary-Coded Decimal (BCD) Representation
- 2.10 Fixed-Point Representation
- 2.11 Scaled Numeric Formats
- 2.12 Rational Representation
- 2.13 For More Information
- 3. Binary Arithmetic and Bit Operations
- 4. Floating-Point Representation
- 5. Character Representation
- 5.1 Character Data
- 5.2 Character Strings
- 5.3 Character Sets
- 5.4 Designing Your Own Character Set
- 5.5 For More Information
- 6. Memory Organization and Access
- 7. Composite Data Types and Memory Objects
- 8. Boolean Logic and Digital Design
- 8.1 Boolean Algebra
- 8.2 Boolean Functions and Truth Tables
- 8.3 Function Numbers
- 8.4 Algebraic Manipulation of Boolean Expressions
- 8.5 Canonical Forms
- 8.6 Simplification of Boolean Functions
- 8.7 What Does This Have to Do with Computers, Anyway?
- 8.8 For More Information
- 9. CPU Architecture
- 9.1 Basic CPU Design
- 9.2 Decoding and Executing Instructions: Random Logic Versus Microcode
- 9.3 Executing Instructions, Step by Step
- 9.4 Parallelism — The Key to Faster Processing
- 9.4.1 The Prefetch Queue
- 9.4.2 Conditions That Hinder the Performance of the Prefetch Queue
- 9.4.3 Pipelining — Overlapping the Execution of Multiple Instructions
- 9.4.4 Instruction Caches — Providing Multiple Paths to Memory
- 9.4.5 Pipeline Hazards
- 9.4.6 Superscalar Operation — Executing Instructions in Parallel
- 9.4.7 Out-of-Order Execution
- 9.4.8 Register Renaming
- 9.4.9 Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) Architecture
- 9.4.10 Parallel Processing
- 9.4.11 Multiprocessing
- 9.5 For More Information
- 10. Instruction Set Architecture
- 10.1 The Importance of the Design of the Instruction Set
- 10.2 Basic Instruction Design Goals
- 10.3 The Y86 Hypothetical Processor
- 10.4 Encoding 80x86 Instructions
- 10.5 Implications of Instruction Set Design to the Programmer
- 10.6 For More Information
- 11. Memory Architecture and Organization
- 11.1 The Memory Hierarchy
- 11.2 How the Memory Hierarchy Operates
- 11.3 Relative Performance of Memory Subsystems
- 11.4 Cache Architecture
- 11.5 Virtual Memory, Protection, and Paging
- 11.6 Thrashing
- 11.7 NUMA and Peripheral Devices
- 11.8 Writing Software That Is Cognizant of the Memory Hierarchy
- 11.9 Run-Time Memory Organization
- 11.10 For More Information
- 12. Input and Output (I/O)
- 12.1 Connecting a CPU to the Outside World
- 12.2 Other Ways to Connect Ports to the System
- 12.3 I/O Mechanisms
- 12.4 I/O Speed Hierarchy
- 12.5 System Buses and Data Transfer Rates
- 12.6 Buffering
- 12.7 Handshaking
- 12.8 Time-outs on an I/O Port
- 12.9 Interrupts and Polled I/O
- 12.10 Protected Mode Operation and Device Drivers
- 12.11 Exploring Specific PC Peripheral Devices
- 12.12 The Keyboard
- 12.13 The Standard PC Parallel Port
- 12.14 Serial Ports
- 12.15 Disk Drives
- 12.16 Tape Drives
- 12.17 Flash Storage
- 12.18 RAM Disks and Semiconductor Disks
- 12.19 SCSI Devices and Controllers
- 12.20 The IDE/ATA Interface
- 12.21 File Systems on Mass Storage Devices
- 12.22 Writing Software That Manipulates Data on a Mass Storage Device
- 12.23 The Universal Serial Bus (USB)
- 12.24 Mice, Trackpads, and Other Pointing Devices
- 12.25 Joysticks and Game Controllers
- 12.26 Sound Cards
- 12.27 For More Information
- 13. Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level
- A. ASCII Character Set
- Index
- Copyright
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