For one-semester, undergraduate/graduate level courses in Cryptography, Computer Security, and Network Security.Best-selling author and four-time winner of the TEXTY award for the best Computer Science and Engineering text, William Stallings provides a practical survey of both the principles and practice of cryptography and network security. This text, which won the 1999 TAA Award for the best computer science and engineering textbook of the year, has been completely updated to reflect the latest developments in the field. It has also been extensively reorganized to provide the optimal sequence for classroom instruction and self-study.

William Stallings’ book provides comprehensive and completely up-to-date coverage of computer organization and architecture including memory, I/O, and parallel systems. The text covers leading-edge areas, including superscalar design, IA-64 design features, and parallel processor organization trends. It meets students’ needs by addressing both the fundamental principles as well as the critical role of performance in driving computer design. Providing an unparalleled degree of instructor and student support, including supplements and on-line resources through the book’s website, the sixth edition is in the forefront in its field.

New Material

• IA-64/Itanium architecture: The chapter-length description and analysis includes predicated execution and speculative loading.
• Cache memory: The new edition devotes an entire chapter to this central element in the design of high-performance processors.
• Optical memory: Coverage is expanded and updated.
• Advanced DRAM architecture: More material has been added to cover this topic, including an updated discussion of SDRAM and RDRAM.
• SMPs, clusters, and NUMA systems: The chapter on parallel organization has been expanded and updated.
• Expanded instructor support: The book now provides extensive support for projects with its new website.
• Pedagogy: Each chapter now includes a list of review questions (as well as homework problems) and a list of key words.