The Hardware/Software Interface
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The Hardware/Software Interface is the subtitle of the textbook "Computer Organization and Design," emphasizing how computer hardware architecture supports and interacts with software.
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| instanceOf |
book subtitle
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educational concept ⓘ |
| appearsInContextOf |
ARM instruction set
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MIPS instruction set NERFINISHED ⓘ RISC architectures ⓘ x86 instruction set NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithField |
computer architecture
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computer engineering ⓘ computer organization ⓘ computer science education ⓘ |
| coversTopic |
I/O and peripheral interaction with software
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binary representation of data and instructions ⓘ control flow implementation ⓘ exceptions and interrupts ⓘ memory hierarchy and caching ⓘ pipelining and hazards ⓘ |
| describedAs |
bridge between hardware implementation and software behavior
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key theme of Computer Organization and Design ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
impact of hardware design on software performance
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impact of software design on hardware utilization ⓘ relationship between architecture and compilers ⓘ relationship between operating systems and hardware ⓘ role of instruction sets as interface ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
abstraction layers between hardware and software
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how hardware architecture supports software ⓘ implementation of high-level language constructs in hardware ⓘ instruction set architecture ⓘ interaction between hardware and software ⓘ machine-level representation of programs ⓘ performance and hardware-software tradeoffs ⓘ |
| goal |
to connect programming concepts to hardware mechanisms
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to explain how software is executed by hardware ⓘ to teach performance-aware software design ⓘ |
| isSubtitleOf | Computer Organization and Design NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
abstraction in computer systems
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compilation and code generation ⓘ hardware-software co-design ⓘ instruction set design ⓘ microarchitecture ⓘ operating system interfaces ⓘ performance optimization ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
computer engineering students
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computer science students ⓘ electrical engineering students ⓘ |
| usedIn |
computer organization courses
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introductory hardware-software co-design courses ⓘ undergraduate computer architecture courses ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Computer Organization and Design