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Computer Systems Design and Architecture

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In a word, this is a very nice compact book of Computer Architecture. Anytime can be referenced..
I found there is almost all to understand the process and design simple processors by myself(especially helpful for pipenlined RISC)
I think study will be more effiecient if you have also Henney & Patterson's books.

Heuring & Jordan covers all of the key areas of computer architecture but has sparse description. I did not like this book as a course text when I was in college and I still do not care for it as an engineering reference. For all aspects of computer architecture I find Patterson & Hennessy's explanations more clear and their examples more illuminating.

It's a very good technical book where it doesn't spend any time teaching everything from the beginning of computing and goes directly to the subject.

Talks about the RISC computers mostly, and very well covers most low level aspects..

This book provides good coverage of all of the basics of computer design. It's modern and up-to-date and covers everything from the very basics to more advanced concepts like pipelining and parallelism.

The authors follow through a RISC computer example that they build on as they introduce concepts. It is useful to see a practical application of the concepts as they are introduced.

This edition of the book has a bunch of typos but all in all it is a good book

This book builds knowledge from ground up so it is a very good book for people who have no background in computer science or computer engineering. Appendices are very neccessary materials if a reader has no background in this area at all so I would recommend to read the appendices first if you have no background.

It's softback, and NOT color print, which makes figures slightly harder to interpret. Not terrible, as the hardback version only uses two colors (black and blue), but it can make a difference. If you can find the hardback version used somewhere I might recommend that. If not, this gets the job done.

There are several misprints in the book, so the authors have posted an errata on their website. Be sure to print a copy and keep it on hand so you can double check for errors in problems you are assigned for class.

The delivery was prompt and it's condition is the same as described by seller. Would do business with this seller again.

I had this book as an undergraduate. While it covers a wide range of topics, it does so only by giving many topics a shallow treatment. The material in the book is insufficient for many of the exercises, and the book's examples routinely contain errors. Additionally, at least two versions of the "second edition" exist, and while they are not differently marked, the examples and problems are different.
If you need a book that will describe the aspects of design WITHOUT providing accurate details, this is probably a good book for you. But if you need precise details, or if you plan on teaching undergraduate students, I strongly suggest looking elsewhere.

This is an excellent text for learning architecture. Ideal for anyone who needs to discover how computers work.

I don't doubt this is a good book for graduate level readers, but I am a straight-A undergraduate student in computer science and I got absolutely nothing out of this book. I think the only reason our school uses it is for the simplified SRC assembly language it uses, which I agree is very nice. But as an introduction to logic gates, binary arithmetic, basic computer architecture, etc., (the stuff you cover in the undergrad computer architecture class), you better hope you have a decent teacher and make sure you go to class!