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Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface- Text Only Paperback – Student Edition, January 1, 2005

by David A. Patterson (Author), John L. Hennessy (Author)

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This is a revision of the classic introduction to the field for all computer scientists and engineers. It includes improved examples of current architectures and updated pipelining and memory chapters to address modern processors.

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656 pages
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English
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Elsevier
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January 1, 2005
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0006895441
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978-0006895442
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Elsevier; 3rd edition (January 1, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 656 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0006895441
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0006895442

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Null Pointer

Disorganized and "uncut"

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2007

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I had to purchase this book for a graduate school course. There is a lot of good information here. Unfortunately lengthy examples and tangents muddy it up pretty badly. Also, I think the author(s) could have safely assumed that readers are familiar with programming; maybe that perspective could have grounded and guided the chapter flow a little better.

Looking at any 1 section, the writing is good and the explanations are clear for the most part. The catch is that the book as a whole is a collection of enormous disorganized chapters; chapter 2 is almost 100 pages. This work is dire need of editing and some understanding of its intended audience.

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HumanComplex

Pretty good.

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2010

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This was used for my computer architecture class. Some topics are complicated no matter how you slice it, but the book does a good job at being detailed enough so that the reader understands the concept. Some other topics could be better. But then again, the book would be huge.

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Felipe Albrecht

Great book, poor kindle version.

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2010

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This book is a *must have* for any student or profession at CS. I have the 2nd edition and I bought the Kindle edition of the 3rd. The book is great, but a lot of images are hard to see and understand at kindle version and I really dont know to (or if it possible) to access the content of the CD of the printed version. My tip: buy the printed version, but not the kindle one.

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brad

Simple, clear introduction

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2008

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For anyone who wants to know how simple processing and memory works. IO devices chapter was so thin as to be useless, but the main parts of the book were comprehensive.

Used as a textbook in class, but I will keep it as a reference due to high quality and readability.

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A. Wright

but a good book none the

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2015

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Problems are likely a little too abstract and generalized for students, but a good book none the less

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Jul

Got what I needed for the right price

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2014

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I remember getting this for my Bachelor's in computer science. I got what I needed for the right price, so I was happy!

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C. Smith

Great prices for books I needed for school

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2014

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For school/classes. Great prices for books I needed for school.

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2014

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Good examples and an easy book to follow along.

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Richard

The Computer Science Bible

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2016

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Amazing book. It covers an enormous amount of content, can be picked up and read from almost any page, and explains everything in a way both a lay-man and an expert will find understandable and interesting.

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AOM

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 4, 2017

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Very good! A+++! Recommend and would buy again!

Aiga Andrijanova

Good book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 15, 2019

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Good book

Shwetha Ramachandran

I usually do not give reviews, but this one was different... In a good way!

Reviewed in India on January 4, 2019

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It was brand new! Complete with the plastic wrapping out of the warehouse. Quality of the pages was unbelievable. Many sellers do not give you a brand new book like that. 5 stars!

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jbhm

Ein solides Einführungswerk

Reviewed in Germany on May 3, 2012

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Dieses Buch der beiden legendären Autoren habe ich mir vor einigen Jahren gekauft, als ich dabei war, einen eigenen Mikroprozessor zu Studienzwecken zu entwerfen. Es bietet eine fundierte Einführung in die Hardwaregrundlagen moderner Computer, wobei Mikroprozessoren im Mittelpunkt stehen, aber auch die hardwaremäßige Realisierung der Peripheriegeräte und ihre Integration zu einem Gesamtsystem zu ihrem Recht kommt.

Als Mikroprozessorbeispiel wird, nicht überraschend, eine MIPS-artige RISC Architektur vorgestellt und auch sehr ausführlich die Technik des Pipelining sowie die Realisierung von Prozessor Exceptions mit Instruction Restartability erklärt. Diese beiden Punkte sind wesentliche Kennzeichen moderner Prozessoren und es ist sehr nützlich, sie beim Entwurf eines eigenen Prozessors als Marksteine im Hinterkopf zu behalten.

Zusammengefaßt kann man sagen, daß der Leser nach Durcharbeiten dieses Buches in der Lage ist, ein kleines komplettes System-on-a-Chip mit allen Komponenten, die zu einem vollständigen Computer gehören, in Verilog oder VHDL auf einem geeigneten FPGA zu realisieren (er wird aber für gewisse technische Einzelheiten natürlich noch sehr stark das Internet herbeiziehen müssen)

Alles in allem kann ich dieses Buch uneingeschränkt empfehlen, es ist sein Geld wert, aber natürlich nicht das allerletzte Wort im Bereich Computer- und Hardwarearchitektur. Wer nicht gleich direkt im Internet oder der Bibliothek nach Fachartikeln suchen will kann auch statt dessen zu den fortgeschritteneren Büchern der beiden Autoren des vorliegenden Werks greifen.

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