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Worcester Polytechnic Institute - WINTER 2011 | ||
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Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, (4th Edition) by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson, Krste Asanovic, John Hennessey Paperback, 704 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-12-370490-1 / 0123704901 ISBN-13: 978-0-12-370490-0 / 9780123704900 The era of seemingly unlimited growth in processor performance is over: single chip architectures can no longer overcome the performance limitations imposed by the power they consume and the heat they generate. Today, Intel and other semiconductor firms are abandoning the single fast processor model |