Research Catalog

Title

Memory systems : cache, DRAM, disk / Bruce Jacob, Spencer W. Ng, David T. Wang ; with contributions by Samuel Rodriguez.

Author

Jacob, Bruce

Publication

Burlington, MA : Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, c2008.

Supplementary Content

Publisher description

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ng, Spencer W.
• Wang, David T., 1968-

Description

xxxiv, 982 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Computer storage devices
• Ordinateurs > Mémoires

Contents

Preface: "It's the memory, stupid!" -- Overview: on memory systems and their design -- Pt. I. Cache -- 1. An overview of cache principles -- 2. Logical organization -- 3. Management of cache contents -- 4. Management of cache consistency -- 5. Implementation issues -- 6. Cache case studies -- Pt. II. DRAM -- 7. Overview of DRAMs -- 8. DRAM device organization; basic circuits and architecture -- 9. DRAM system signaling and timing -- 10. DRAM memory system organization -- 11. Basic DRAM memory-access protocol -- 12. Evolutionary developments of DRAM device architecture -- 13. DRAM memory controller -- 14. The fully buffered DIMM memory system -- 15. Memory system design analysis -- Pt. III. Disk -- 16. Overview of disks -- 17. The physical layer -- 18. The data layer -- 19. Performance issues and design trade-offs -- 20. Drive interface -- 21. Operational performance improvement -- 22. The cache layer -- 23. Performance testing -- 24. Storage subsystems -- 25. Advanced topics -- 26. Case study -- Pt. IV. Cross-cutting issues -- 27. The case for holistic design -- 28. Analysis of cost and performance -- 29. Power and leakage -- 30. Memory errors and error correction -- 31. Virtual memory.

ISBN

• 9780123797513 (hc : acid-free paper)
• 0123797519 (pbk.)

LCCN

2007282120

OCLC

• ocn183179641
• SCSB-5491219

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries