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David Patterson lead the Berkeley RISC project which is the ancestor of SPARC, he didn't have anything to do with MIPS.
by rjsw 12y ago
David Patterson lead the Berkeley RISC project which is the ancestor of SPARC, he didn't have anything to do with MIPS.
- alexvoica 12y agoPatterson and Hennessy worked together to write http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Architecture-Fifth-Edition-Quantitative/dp/012383872X http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Architecture-Fifth-Edition-Qu... The vast majority of practical references in the book are based on the MIPS architecture (as an example of a RISC processor).
- rjsw 12y agoThe MIPS architecture isn't defined by that book. Earlier editions used DLX for the practical examples.