Introductory tutorial with definitions, explanations, examples to show basic pipelining ideas; applet simulation lets users choose instructions to run, and see how pipeline works from direct experience.
By John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson; Morgan Kaufmann, 2007, ISBN 9780123704900, 4th edition. Design in quantitative terms, in context of real running systems, not abstract formats; how technology changes in time, empirical constants needed in design.
