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I think this book recommendation might be worth an airing. (It's 650 pages, from 2005, and not cheap.) Nearby, Rob says:
robfinch wrote:
I received a book yesterday on processor design with a focus on superscalars...The book is:
- Modern Processor Design – Fundamentals of Superscalar Processors
John Paul Shen, Mikko H. Lipasti
Waveland Press, Inc.
http://www.Waveland.com
Here are contents of chapters 4 and 5 (Superscalar Organization and Superscalar Techniques):
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and chapter 8, a survey of history:
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Amazon have quite a few pages on preview. Here are a couple of snippets, which reflect my own interests:
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