A companion CD provides a toolkit of simulators and compilers along with tutorials for using them, as well as advanced content for further study and a search utility for finding content on the CD and in the printed text.

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• Includes new content on Flash memory and Virtual Machines.
• Provides a large, stimulating set of new exercises, covering almost 200 pages.
• Features the AMD Opteron X4 and Intel Nehalem as real-world examples throughout the book.
• Updates all processor performance examples using the SPEC CPU2006 suite.

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