Authors: Tom Shanley, Bob Colwell
ISBN-13: 9780321246561, ISBN-10: 032124656X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Date Published: July 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
The Unabridged Pentium 4 offers unparalleled coverage of Intel's IA32 family of processors, from the 386 through the Pentium 4 and Pentium M processors. Unlike other texts, which address solely a hardware or software audience, this book serves as a comprehensive technical reference for both audiences. Inside, the Mindshare trainers cover not only the hardware design and software enhancements of Intel's latest processors, they also explain the relationship between these hardware and software characteristics.
As a result, readers will come away with a complete understanding of the processor's internal architecture, the Front Side Bus (FSB), the processor's relationship to the system, and the processor's software architecture.
Essential topics covered include:
An "at-a-glance" table of contents allows readers to quickly find topics ranging from 386 Demand Mode Paging to Pentium 4 CPU Arbitration. An accompanying CD-ROM contains additional book material.
Whether you design software or hardware or are responsible for system maintenance or customer support, TheUnabridged Pentium 4 will prove an invaluable reference to the world's most widely used microprocessor chips.
Ch. 1 | Overview of the processor role | |
Ch. 2 | Single-task OS and application | |
Ch. 3 | Definition of multitasking | |
Ch. 4 | Multitasking problems | |
Ch. 5 | 386 real mode operation | |
Ch. 6 | Protected mode introduction | |
Ch. 7 | Intro to segmentation in protected mode | |
Ch. 8 | Code segments | |
Ch. 9 | Data and stack segments | |
Ch. 10 | Creating a task | |
Ch. 11 | Mechanics of a task switch | |
Ch. 12 | 386 demand mode paging | |
Ch. 13 | The flat model | |
Ch. 14 | Interrupts and exceptions | |
Ch. 15 | Virtual 8086 mode | |
Ch. 16 | The debug registers | |
Ch. 17 | Caching overview | |
Ch. 18 | 486 hardware overview | |
Ch. 19 | 486 software enhancements | |
Ch. 20 | Pentium hardware overview | |
Ch. 21 | Pentium software enhancements | |
Ch. 22 | P6 road map | |
Ch. 23 | P6 hardware overview | |
Ch. 24 | Pentium Pro software enhancements | |
Ch. 25 | MicroCode update feature | |
Ch. 26 | Pentium II hardware overview | |
Ch. 27 | Pentium II power management features | |
Ch. 28 | Pentium II software enhancements | |
Ch. 29 | Pentium II Xeon features | |
Ch. 30 | Pentium III hardware overview |