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SATA Storage Technology
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Don Anderson |
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SATA Storage Technology provides the ATA background information necessary to understand the Serial ATA implementation, including detailed information regarding the serial protocol, commands, and electrical interface. A tutorial approach is taken to facilitate thorough understanding, using numerous illustrations, tables and examples. The text is also designed to provide easy to access valuable reference information. |
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SAS Storage Architecture
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Mike Jackson |
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SAS Storage Architecture provides a comprehensive guide to the SAS standard. The book contains descriptions and numerous examples of the concepts presented, using the same building block approach as other MindShare offerings. This book details important concepts relating to the design and implementation of storage networks. |
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The Unabridged Pentium 4
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Tom Shanley |
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The Unabridged Pentium 4 offers unparalleled coverage of Intel's IA32 family of processors, from the 386 through the Pentium 4 and Pentium M processors. Unlike other texts, which address solely a hardware or software audience, this book serves as a comprehensive technical reference for both audiences. Inside, the MindShare trainers cover not only the hardware design and software enhancements of Intel's latest processors, they also explain the relationship between these hardware and software characteristics. |
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PCI Express System Architecture
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Ravi Budruk, Don Anderson, Tom Shanley |
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PCI Express System Architecture provides an in-depth description and comprehensive reference to the PCI Express standard. The book contains information needed for design, verification, and test, as well as background information essential for writing low-level BIOS and device drivers. In addition, it offers valuable insight into the technology's evolution and cutting-edge features. |
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PCI System Architecture
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Tom Shanley, Don Anderson |
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PCI System Architecture is a detailed and comprehensive guide to the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Bus Specification. This new edition has been thoroughly updated, reorganized, and expanded to cover the PCI Local Bus Specification version 2.2 and other recent developments, including the new PCI Hot-Plug Specification, changes to the PCI-to-PCI Bridge Architecture Specification, etc. |
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PCI-X System Architecture
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Tom Shanley |
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PCI-X is the successor to the peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus specification, the standard that enables communication between peripheral devices and the computer processor. Assuming prior knowledge of PCI, this guide describes how PCI-X achieves faster transfer rates, and details the PCI-X transaction protocol, device configuration for PCI-X, load tuning, PCI-X bridges, error detection and handling, and electrical issues. |
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USB System Architecture
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Don Anderson |
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Universal Serial Bus System Architecture (Second Edition), based on the 2.0 version of the USB specification, provides in-depth coverage and a detailed discussion of USB. It focuses on the USB protocol, signaling environment, and electrical specifications, along with the hardware/software interaction required to configure and access USB devices. |
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HyperTransport System Architecture
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Jay Trodden, Don Anderson |
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HyperTransport System Architecture provides a comprehensive, technical guide to the HyperTransport technology. It opens with an overview of HT systems, highlighting the technology's fundamental principles, basic architecture, and its many advantages. The book goes on to detail all facets of HyperTransport systems, including the protocol, I/O, routing, configuration, and more. It also features important performance considerations and addresses critical compatibility issues. |
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FireWire System Architecture
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Don Anderson |
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FireWire System Architecture provides an in-depth description of the IEEE 1394a environment, based on the 2.0 version of the 1394a standard. Comprehensive, concise, and well-organized, this book details the specification itself and presents the architecture, features, and operations of systems developed with the FireWire bus. This new edition covers all of the changes incorporated into the 2.0 standard, such as arbitration enhancements, improvements in bus reset timing, new PHY register definition, and more. |
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InfiniBand Network Architecture
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Tom Shanley |
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InfiniBand Network Architecture is a comprehensive guide to InfiniBand technology. It describes all hardware and software operational aspects of InfiniBand networking. Using the same building block approach found in all of the books in MindShare's PC System Architecture Series, this book details important concepts relating to the design and implementation of data networks using this emerging standard. |
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Pentium Pro and Pentium II System Architecture
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Tom Shanley |
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Pentium Pro and Pentium II System Architecture, Second Edition, details the internal architecture of these two processors, describing their hardware and software characteristics, the bus protocol they use to communicate with the system, and the overall machine architecture. It also describes the BIOS Update Feature and much more. |
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Pentium Processor System Architecture
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Don Anderson, Tom Shanley |
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Pentium Processor System Architecture describes the hardware architecture of computers using Intel's family of Pentium processors, providing a clear, concise explanation of the microprocessor's relationship to the rest of the system. Written for computer hardware and software engineers, this book details Intel's technical strategy behind the Pentium family of processors--not just how Intel designed Pentium, but why. |
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Protected Mode Software Architecture
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Ravi Budruk, Don Anderson, Tom Shanley |
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Protected Mode Software Architecture helps readers understand the problems that single-task and multitasking operating systems must deal with, and then examines each component of both the real and protected mode software architectures. This book is organized into three parts. Part One: Background introduces the reader to the problems faced by a multitasking operating system. Part Two: Register Set and Real Mode provides an overview of Real Mode operation. Part Three: Protected Mode takes a building-block approach to explaining the protection mechanisms and multitasking capabilities of the post-286 Intel processors, including segmentation, virtual paging, the flat model, and virtual 8086 mode. |
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Plug and Play System Architecture
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Tom Shanley |
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Designed as a companion volume to the official hardware design guide for Windows® 95, Plug and Play System Architecture provides a detailed hardware and software description of the Plug and Play technology that is integrated into Windows 95 and will soon appear in other operating systems, including Windows NT. In addition to coverage of ISA and EISA Plug and Play, PCMCIA and PCI are also discussed. |
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PowerPC System Architecture
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Tom Shanley |
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PowerPC System Architecture is a comprehensive and detailed guide to the PowerPC architecture from the persepctive of both hardware and software. The second half of the book examines the PowerPC 601 processor as an example, exploring how the processor fits, adheres to, and deviates from the PowerPC processor specification. In addition, a detailed discussion of the bus structure and transaction protocol used by the 60x processors is provided. If you design or test hardware or software that involves PowerPC systems, PowerPC System Architecture is an essential, time-saving tool. |
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AGP System Architecture
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Dave Dzatko, Tom Shanley |
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AGP System Architecture provides an overview of the technology, a detailed description of the specification, and a practical tutorial for mastering AGP. Comprehensive and concise, it presents all the information you need to understand and utilize this proliferating technology. In particular, this book focuses on 3-D graphics and video-related issues-the applications most served by AGP. |
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PCMCIA System Architecture
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Don Anderson |
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PCMCIA System Architecture: 16-Bit PC Cards, Second Edition describes PC card hardware and software interfaces and their relationships to overall system design. Developed by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) and the Japan Electronics Industry Development Association (JEIDA), the PC Card Standard defines a standard hardware and software interface for small removable 16-bit cards. The PC Card Standard also defines a new 32-bit PC Card called CardBus. |
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Cardbus System Architecture
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Don Anderson, Tom Shanley |
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CardBus System Architecture describes 32-bit PC Cards, called CardBus PC Cards, and the hardware and software interfaces required to implement the new CardBus solution. This book focuses on the design and implementation of CardBus Cards and the host systems required to support them, including relationships and interaction between hardware and software elements associated with CardBus Cards and their host systems. |
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EISA System Architecture
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Tom Shanley, Don Anderson |
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EISA System Architecture is a comprehensive and detailed guid covering the EISA technology. This book is divided into two major parts. Part One provides a detailed explanation of the ISA enhancements as set forth in the EISA specification, while Part Two provides a detailed description of the features implemented by the Intel 82350DT chip set. |
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ISA System Architecture
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Tom Shanley, Don Anderson |
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ISA System Architecture describes the hardware architecture of ISA (Industry Standard Architecture), providing a clear, concise explanation of an ISA system in detail. If you design or test hardware or software that involves ISA, ISA System Architecture is an essential, time-saving tool. |
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80486 System Architecture
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Tom Shanley |
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80486 System Architecture covers the hardware and software aspects of the 80486 processor and its interfaces with system components. If you design or test hardware or software that involves 486 processors, 80486 System Architecture is an essential, time-saving tool. |
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