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Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) 4th Edition

by David A. Patterson (Author), John L. Hennessy (Author)
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Computer Organization and Design, Fourth Edition, has been updated with new exercises and improvements throughout suggested by instructors teaching from the book.

It covers the revolutionary change from sequential to parallel computing, with a chapter on parallelism and sections in every chapter highlighting parallel hardware and software topics. It includes an appendix by the Chief Scientist and the Director of Architecture of NVIDIA covering the emergence and importance of the modern GPU, describing in detail for the first time the highly parallel, highly multithreaded multiprocessor optimized for visual computing. A companion CD provides a toolkit of simulators and compilers along with tutorials for using them, as well as advanced content for further study and a search utility for finding content on the CD and in the printed text. For the convenience of readers who have purchased an ebook edition or who may have misplaced the CD-ROM, all CD content is available as a download at bit.ly/nFXcLq.

This book is recommended for professional digital system designers, programmers, application developers, and system software developers; and undergraduate students in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering courses in Computer Organization, Computer Design, ranging from Sophomore required courses to Senior Electives.

  • This Revised Fourth Edition of Computer Organization and Design has been updated with new exercises and improvements throughout suggested by instructors teaching from the book
  • Covers the revolutionary change from sequential to parallel computing, with a chapter on parallelism and sections in every chapter highlighting parallel hardware and software topics
  • Includes an appendix by the Chief Scientist and the Director of Architecture of NVIDIA covering the emergence and importance of the modern GPU, describing in detail for the first time the highly parallel, highly multithreaded multiprocessor optimized for visual computing
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  1. ISBN-10
    0123747503
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    978-0123747501
  3. Edition
    4th
  4. Publisher
    Morgan Kaufmann
  5. Publication date
    November 9, 2011
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    7.5 x 1.5 x 9 inches
  8. Print length
    916 pages
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"...you of formulas or vocabulary, but this texbook does an excellent job of explaining and outlining CPU and Memory design and structure...." Read more

"...This chapter itself makes the book! It presents many details on how to implement a CPU's datapath, both single-cycle and pipelined...." Read more

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cora
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2024
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"Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface" is the ultimate guide to understanding how computers really work. Patterson and Hennessy break down all the complicated thing about hardware and software in a super easy-to-follow way. Whether you're just starting out or you're already a pro, this book covers everything you need to know about computer architecture. It's packed with cool examples and explanations to make learning a breeze. If you're into computers, this book is a total game-changer and is actually helpful in a class!
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nkun
5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Great Textbook
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2013
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Most textbooks are not that helpful for much more than reminding you of formulas or vocabulary, but this texbook does an excellent job of explaining and outlining CPU and Memory design and structure. The Appendix is also very helpful when designing RISC datapaths for various instructions. It breaks down the machine language clearly and gives an overall strong explaination of the topics. There are some curious design decisions for some of the datapath set ups that are a little unintuitive, but do still work.
The book in paperback is relatively cheap, so its a really good bargain. While it may be tempting to get the third edition, which is only a few cents, this version does have a lot of changes and updates. CPU technology has changed significantly over the last few years, so I recommend this book for anyone in this field.
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Matthieu B.
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, but too much left onto the accompanying CD-ROM
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2016
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Most of the text is your generic architecture book, nothing special about it (very good though) except for chapter 4 about designing the microprocessor. This chapter itself makes the book! It presents many details on how to implement a CPU's datapath, both single-cycle and pipelined. This is the kind of material hard to come by in any book on the subject.

My main complain is that too much of the interesting and unique content was pushed into the accompanying CD-ROM. I'd rather have removed some of the generic architecture stuff or the endless pages of exercises that you can find anywhere else and pushed some of this content onto the print!
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Anonymouse
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2014
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I'm actually going BACK into this industry, which sort of shows where I am in life right now. They don't tell you in high school that engineering is really dull and boring, even if you get a good rank in a good program and a good job. This book explains these concepts well, and is the staple book in this domain. However, really consider the implications of having to be around this kind of stuff day in and day out if you are considering a career in this field.

But trust me, hardware related jobs are MUCH more satisfying than jobs in the manufacturing sector.
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Kindle eldniK (my two SENSE)
5.0 out of 5 stars On time
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2023
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On time decent cost no complaints
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Raphael
1.0 out of 5 stars Worst kindle edition conversion
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2012
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Have many images unreadable and the navigation is not enough to hold the complex access you can do with the book. The resolution of many figures is very bad. The page with assembly MIPS is useless. If you buy any paperbook you win a cdrom with SPIM and inumerous contexts. In kindle edition you buy a badly paperbook conversion $10 or $12 more cheaper and you cannot access exclusive contexts. Its a deception.
I think when you buy a kindle edition you can have a access to a server to download a iso with images of the exclusive contexts. Buying kindle edition you have discounts to buy another titles of this author, for example, I have the another title "Quantitative Approach" and another without cdrom or support.
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Eric Black
3.0 out of 5 stars Dense but surprisingly accessible for the computer science student
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2014
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This is a review of the physical copy. The book is well-bound and I appreciated the green MIPS cheat-sheet. As for the content, the book is quite dense and lacking in example quantity and variety, but I'm surprised how much I'm able to retain, as the language used is pretty straightforward. My teacher ended up using the appendices (which are included on the CD-ROM) quite a bit; I would have liked to have them in a physical form, which is why I ordered the textbook in the first place -- so I guess that's a bit of a disappointment. Overall, I ended up liking the book's conciseness in conjunction with my teacher's lectures since I felt like the book quickly got "to the point," but someone who is reading this material independently might benefit from supplementary material.
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J.
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, still use it as reference
Reviewed in Canada on October 5, 2016
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Great condition, product arrived in a timely manner.

The book itself is an excellent textbook that I keep and still use as a reference. A lot of emphasis is placed on the MIPS architecture throughout the book (which was good for me as my class delt with the MIPS a great deal).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, still use it as reference
Reviewed in Canada on October 5, 2016
Great condition, product arrived in a timely manner.

The book itself is an excellent textbook that I keep and still use as a reference. A lot of emphasis is placed on the MIPS architecture throughout the book (which was good for me as my class delt with the MIPS a great deal).
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CrazyIvan
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 28, 2016
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Excellent book
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Mauro
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy bueno para consulta y aprendizaje
Reviewed in Spain on February 14, 2013
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Ya seas un profesional que quiere estar al día, como alguien que se inicia en este campo, encuentra en este libro la guía perfecta y actualizada para entender esta tecnología tan cambiante.
Indispensable para informáticos y electrónicos.
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Fox
4.0 out of 5 stars Detailliert, verständlich und auch für nicht Englischprofis
Reviewed in Germany on December 3, 2012
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Von der 1 und 0 bis zum eigenem Betriebssystem. Empfehlenswertes Buch für alle die Leute, die tiefer in die Informatik möchten. In Hinsicht auf mein Informatik-Studium ist es sogar sogar DIE Ergänzungslektüre zur Vorlesung ''Technische Informatik'', aber auch sicherlich für weitere Gebiete wie Elektrotechnik.
Einen Stern gibt es weniger, da zum Teil auch viel wichtige Lektüre nur auf der beigefügten CD sich befindet...wenn man ein Tablet hat ist das Lesen der PDFs nur halb so schlimm, aber für den einen oder anderen könnte das störend sein.

Trotz meiner mangelhaften Englischkenntnisse komm ich auch gut ohne Übersetzer zurecht.
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joyce
3.0 out of 5 stars It's not new.
Reviewed in Canada on February 24, 2014
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It came with the original plastic wrapping but the wrapping was opened in two of the corners and I can easily take the book out of it. From the markings and the wear of the pages I can tell its definitely not new, at lease it's been used for a year.
Other than that the book's fine.
Should have sold it with a price for used books.
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