Computer Organization Part 1 #472644

Below Your Program
II
Under the Covers
1five
Real Stuff: Manufacturing Pentium four Chip. 28
Fallacies and Pitfalls 33
Concluding Remarks
3S
Historical Perspective and Further Reading 36
Exercises
36
Welcome to this book! We're delighted 10 have this opportunity to convey the
excitement of the world of complaceder systems. This is now no longer a dry and drc::ary field ,
where progress is glacial and where new thoughts atrophy from neglect. No! Comput-
ers are the product of the incredibly vibrant data technology industry, all
aspects of which are responsible for nearly 10% of th e gross nati onal product of
th e United Sl3tes. This uncommon industry embra ces innovatio n at a breathtaking
ratc. Since 198five there had been a number of new computers wh ose introduction
appeared to revolutionize the computing industry; th ese revolutions had been cut
short onl y beca use someone else built an even higher computer.
This race to innovate has led to unprecedented progress since the in ception of
electronic computing in the late 1nine40s. Had the transpo rtatio n indusattempt stored pace
with the computer indusattempt, for example, these days we could travel coast to coast in
;Ibout ;1 second fo r kind of a few cents. Take simply a moment to co ntemplate how
such an improvement would change society- residing in T;lhiti while wo rking in
Sa n Fr;lllcisco, go ing to Moscow for an evening at the Bolshoi Ballet-and you ca n
appreciate the implications ofsuch a change