“david a patterson”

This bestselling text has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the newest technologies. The book presents an entire MIPS instruction set and explains the explicit connection between program performance and CPU performance. The authors then show how hardware and software components impact p... More

"This book demonstrates the use of personal computers and readily available software as usable tools in social service practice." It emphasizes how professionals can use information technology to acquire, synthesize, enhance, and analyze information that is used in human services practice. The book ... More

For Patterson, the primary responsibility of post-Holocaust Jewish thought is the refusal to think in the same categories that led to the attempted extermination of the Jewish people. The Nazis, he says, were anti-Semitic for the same reason that Western ontological thought is anti-Semitic: because ... More

Explores issues of Jewish identity in the aftermath of Auschwitz.... More

Overcoming Alienation: A Kabbalistic Reflection on the Five Levels of the Soul responds to a pervasive crisis that has overwhelmed the human soul. Rooted in Jewish mystical teachings on the five levels of the soul, the book achieves a deeper understanding of what the soul is and determines what is n... More

ContentsComputer Abstractions and Technology.Instructions: Language of the Computer. Arithmetic for Computers.Assessing and Understanding Performance.The Processor: Data path and Control.Enhancing Performance with Pipelining.Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy.Storage, Networks and Other ... More