Guide to RISC Processors for Programmers and Engineers /

• Main Author: Dandamudi, Sivarama P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Microprogramming.; Computer organization.; Microprocessors.; Software engineering.; Computer programming.; Computer Science.; Processor Architectures.; Control Structures and Microprogramming.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.; Programming Techniques.

Recently, there has been a trend toward processor design based on the RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) model: Example RISC processors are the MIPS, SPARC, PowerPC, ARM, and even Intel’s 64-bit processor Itanium. This guidebook provides an accessible and all-encompassing compendium on RISC pro...

Table of Contents:

• Overview
• Processor Design Issues
• RISC Principles
• Architectures
• MIPS Architecture
• SPARC Architecture
• PowerPC Architecture
• Itanium Architecture
• ARM Architecture
• MIPS Assembly Language
• SPIM Simulator and Debugger
• Assembly Language Overview
• Procedures and the Stack
• Addressing Modes
• Arithmetic Instructions
• Conditional Execution
• Logical and Shift Operations
• Recursion
• Floating-Point Operations.