Cache Memory Book, The, Second Edition (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) (Hardcover)

by Jim Handy (Author) "The problem is simple..." (more)
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"The Cache Memory Book, written by Jim Handy, a senior analyst for semiconductor memories at Dataquest Corporation, San Jose, California, provides designers with an in-depth analysis of cache approaches and implementation discussions."
--Dave Burskey in ELECTRONIC DESIGN
"While written with the professional designer in mind, this book is easily accessible to interested laypeople. Its explanations about how caches work and the different policies that must be addressed by a cache designer are among the best Ive ever read. If you need to know how cache memory systems work, read The Cache Memory Book."
--Bob Ryan in BYTE Magazine -- Review

Review
"The Cache Memory Book, written by Jim Handy, a senior analyst for semiconductor memories at Dataquest Corporation, San Jose, California, provides designers with an in-depth analysis of cache approaches and implementation discussions."
--Dave Burskey in ELECTRONIC DESIGN
"While written with the professional designer in mind, this book is easily accessible to interested laypeople. Its explanations about how caches work and the different policies that must be addressed by a cache designer are among the best Ive ever read. If you need to know how cache memory systems work, read The Cache Memory Book."
--Bob Ryan in BYTE Magazine

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 229 pages
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 2 edition (January 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0123229804
• ISBN-13: 978-0123229809
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #827,493 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In-depth coverage of CPU cache architectures, June 1, 2000

By	Tom Verbeure (Belgium) - See all my reviews

Being a digital design engineer, I wanted a book that would provide an insight into the way caches are used to solve the classic memory bandwidth problem. This book completely matched my expectations and more! It starts with a overview chapter that already touches most aspects that are involved with cache functionality. It ends with a real-world schematic of a simple (but working!) cache implementation of a 68020 procesor. The second chapter is a killer one and focusses in-depth on the tricks that can be used for squeeze more performance out of the basic cache implementation and the issue that might pop up. The first two chapters contained the information that I was really looking for. Chapter three handles some differences between RISC and CISC processor. Only 11 pages, a bit dated. Chapter four concentrates on cache coherency in multi-processor designs and some ways to solve problems. These are topics that I didn't have to deal with in the past. Interesting stuff! Finally, a chapter is devoted to some tricks that have been used to solve very specific problems. I found the book is balanced, well written and was detailed enough to satisfy my needs.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top to down reference for cache design, March 28, 2000

By A Customer

The book deals with different kinds of cache design, real world cache problems and interesting cache tricks. good to have as an on shelf reference for a practicing design engineer.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What to learn deeply about PC hardware? Buy this book!, November 3, 2000

By	Gabriel Torres (Reno, NV, USA) - See all my reviews

This book (hard cover) is the ultimate reference about memory cache architecture. If you want to learn deeply how this circuit works, this book is perfect. It covers also the architecture of RAM memory.