Power RISC System/6000 (J.Ranade Workstation S.) - Softcover

Chakravarty, Dipto

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070110476 ISBN 13: 9780070110472

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1994

Synopsis

This work is a reference source for the POWER RS/6000 family of workstations. Starting with a comprehensive overview of hardware and software concepts from a user's perspective, the book then focuses on the facilities available in the operating system and hardware subsystems from a systems point of view. The text is suitable for application and systems programmers implementing AIX on RS/6000. It provides detailed discussions of hardware and software features, including: microchannel features in the RS/6000 platform; fixed and floating point architectures; cache memory organization; superscalar implementation; I/O subsystem organization; AIX operating system kernal structure and processes; data flow issues AIX file system design details; AIX memory and process management features; peripheral device configuration; networking interoperability options; CPU layout; and SCSI interface and related protocols. In addition, the book provides essential maintenance, diagnostic, troubleshooting and administrative procedures for the hardware and software subsystems.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0070110476
• ISBN 13: 9780070110472
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 403