TY - BOOK AU - Hurson, Ali R. (Guest Editor) ; AU - Zelkowiyz, Marvin V. (Series Editor) ; TI - Advances in computers : parallel, distributed, and pervasive computing SN - 9780120121632 U1 - 004.22 PY - 2005/// CY - Amsterdam ; Boston : PB - Elsevier Academic Press, KW - Computer architecture. KW - Microprocessors -- Design and construction. KW - System design N1 - Preface -- Techniques to improve performance beyond pipelining : superpipelining, superscalar, and VLIW / Jean-Luc Gaudiot, Jung-Yup Kang, and Won Woo Ro -- Networks on chip (no C) : interconnects of next generation systems on chip / Theocharis Theocharides [and others] -- Characterizing resource allocation heuristics for heterogeneous computing systems / Shoukat Ali [and others] -- Power analysis and optimization techniques for energy efficient computer systems / Wissam Chedid, Chansu Yu, and Ben Lee -- Flexible and adaptive services in pervasive computing / Byung Y. Sung, Mohan Kumar, and Behrooz Shirazi -- Search and retrieval of compressed text / Amar Mukherjee .. [et al.] N2 - Contains six chapters on different aspects of computer architecture. This work also provides coverage of topics such as power management, Network on Chip, Load balancing in distributed systems, and pervasive computing ER -