Conference 7.286::digital

4333.0. "Dileep Bhandarkar's book has been published" by HERON::KAISER () Thu Dec 21 1995 01:48

Dileep asks me to post this here.  (Also posted in DWT.)

___Pete
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Alpha Implementations and Architecture
Complete Reference and Guide

Dileep P. Bhandarkar

* Only comprehensive treatise on Alpha architecture, chips, and systems
* Insider's view of Alpha
* A comprehensive discussion of Alpha with overviews of competition

Alpha Implementations and Architecture provides a comprehensive
description of all major aspects of  Alpha systems. The book includes an
overview of the history of RISC development in the computer industry and
at Digital, the Alpha architecture, all the major processor chips, and
system implementations. The book also covers RISC concepts  and design
styles, provides an overview of other RISC architectures, and
descriptions of the new SPARC, MIPS, PowerPC, and PA-RISC
microprocessors introduced in 1995. The book also discusses operating
system porting issues, compiler techniques, and binary translation.

Practicing computer engineers and graduate students in computer
architecture alike will find this reference book useful as it describes
the tradeoffs and design philosophy that led to the development of the
Alpha architecture and its implementations.

Contents:

     Chapter 1	Historical Perspective
     Chapter 2	RISC Design Issues
     Chapter 3	Alpha Architecture
     Chapter 4	Comparing RISC Architectures
     Chapter 5	First Generation Alpha Processor Chips
     Chapter 6	21064-based System Implementations
     Chapter 7	Second Generation Microprocessor and Systems
     Chapter 8	Performance Characterization
     Chapter 9	Comparing RISC Implementations
     Chapter 10 Operating Systems and Compilers
     Appendix A Alpha Instruction Encodings

     "This book is an excellent reference, and everyone interested in Alpha
     will want to have it on their bookshelves"
     - Foreword by Prof. David A. Patterson, Univ of California at Berkeley

     Dr. Dileep Bhandarkar wrote this book while he was a Senior Consulting
     Engineer and Hardware Technical Director in the Alpha Systems Business
     Group at Digital Equipment Corporation. He was the architecture
     manager for microVAX, chief architect for VAX vector processing, and
     co-architect of the PRISM RISC architecture on which Alpha is based.
     Dr. Bhandarkar has a B. Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from
     the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in
     Electrical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University. He holds 15
     U.S. patents.  He is a Senior Member of IEEE and the author of more
     than 30 technical publications on computer architecture, semiconductor
     technology, and performance analysis. He is currently Director of
     System Performance Analysis and Architecture at Intel Corporation.

     Digital Press					ISBN 1-55558-130-7
     an imprint of Butterworth-Heinemann		EY-T141E-DP
     US$39.95

     To order in the U.S. and Canada, call toll free 1-800-366-2665.
     For additional information send e-mail to [email protected].

     European orders can be placed through Reed Book Services, PO Box 5,
     Rushden, Northants, NN10 9YX, England, United Kingdom.

     European telephone orders hotline number: within the UK; 01933 414000.
     Outside the UK, use the International access number,
     then country code for UK 44, then area code 1933 plus number 414000.

     Other Digital Press Offices/Agents:

     Australia and New Zealand:
     Butterworth-Heinemann Australia
     PO. Box 146
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     Tel: (03) 245-7370

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     New Delhi 110002
     INDIA
     Tel: 3282580

     Asia:
     Reed Academic Publishing
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     Singapore 2057
     Tel: 356 1968

     South Africa:
     Heinemann Publishers (PTY) Ltd.
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     Isando 1600
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     Republic of South Africa
     Tel: 00 27 11 974 1181

    I've bought the book - very thorough and readable.  I highly recommend
    it.
    
    			Steve

    mine came to the house today.  Hey Pete, is Dileep on a book-signing
    tour!  :-)
    
    Mark

    There are also 3 copies in the Lending Library at MRO.
    
    sandy

Excuse my ignorance, but I notices from the initial note that
Dileep has left for Intel. When did this happen?
I must say this is shocking news (to me at least...).

Thank's.

			-MARTIN-

Last summer or thereabouts.

		Steve