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Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach
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January 1st 2012
by Elsevier India
(first published April 1990)
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I think it's a good read. I found it practical and easy to understand, even though I'm not a big fan of comupter books, I'm more into docmuentation and technical manuals.
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Best textbook evr
Changed how I live my life!
An outstanding follow-up to Computer Organization and Design, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach is exactly what it says on the tin: A Quantitative Approach to Computer Architecture. Shocking, I know.
I found Chapter One to be fairly uninteresting, the description of memory models in Chapter 2 and advanced pipelining concepts in Chapter 3 (particularly the discussion of Tomasulo's Algorithm) enlightening, but Chapter 4 is where the book really heats up. It starts light with vector and ...more
I found Chapter One to be fairly uninteresting, the description of memory models in Chapter 2 and advanced pipelining concepts in Chapter 3 (particularly the discussion of Tomasulo's Algorithm) enlightening, but Chapter 4 is where the book really heats up. It starts light with vector and ...more
Now that Moore's law is at an end, how do we make computers faster? 1: The Memory Hierarchy (caches). This works pretty well, but caches can only be so large before they get slow. 2: Instruction-Level Parallelism (instruction pipelines). This is horribly complicated, doesn't work particularly well, and is subject to side channel attacks. But it doesn't require any work on the part of developers. 3: Data-Level Parallelism (GPUs). This works great for specialized applications. 4: Thread-Level Para
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A bit wordy, like any good american book, but what really gets me about the book is the quote on the back, which will stay with me forever.
"Do you ever have the feeling that computer architectures come and go, but CA:AQA is forever?" =) ...more
"Do you ever have the feeling that computer architectures come and go, but CA:AQA is forever?" =) ...more
Definitely quantitative in its approach, which was sometimes too much for me, but definitely as advertised so I won't slight it for that. It's written in that humble sort of way with respect for the topics, and that's something I always appreciate.
I found it was the most boring book ever, but occasionally I'd learn something so good that I couldn't stop reading it. ...more
I found it was the most boring book ever, but occasionally I'd learn something so good that I couldn't stop reading it. ...more
Very detailed
Awesome.
I think I'm probably now in the wrong position to be reading this book, as I've already had the undergrad courses on it. This is a clear and detailed look at the whole spectrum of computer architecture. It even includes a chapter on disk storage, although event I find it very difficult to get excited about RAID and disk drives!
This is a classic textbook on the subject. There's not much more to say. ...more
This is a classic textbook on the subject. There's not much more to say. ...more
Apr 19, 2014
Vasil Kolev
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Definitely not easy to read.
This is a comprehensive textbook on ISA/architecture design, with very recent examples (i7, cortex-a8), and explains the problems you can see with the current hardware and how some of those get solved. There's a good chapter on GPUs, and not-that-good chapter on "warehouse-sized-computers" (e.g. a google datacenter).
It's good to do at least a cursory read, just to have an idea what happens below the compiler/compiled code/assembly. ...more
This is a comprehensive textbook on ISA/architecture design, with very recent examples (i7, cortex-a8), and explains the problems you can see with the current hardware and how some of those get solved. There's a good chapter on GPUs, and not-that-good chapter on "warehouse-sized-computers" (e.g. a google datacenter).
It's good to do at least a cursory read, just to have an idea what happens below the compiler/compiled code/assembly. ...more
May 11, 2015
Nathaniel Mathews
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Hennessy and Patterson have a lot of great numbers and facts in the book, which help ground the theory of computer architecture in reality. There's an excellent mix of content-driven chapters and helpful appendices. The only thing holding this book back from a perfect review is the heavy and obvious bias towards their own MIPS architecture, when in the modern world greater attention to x86 would probably have been more helpful.
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Arguably one of the most in depth and thoughtful books on computer architecture I have ever had the pleasure to read. A book I keep coming back too. Chapter 2 Memory Hierarchy and 6 Warehouse-Scale Computers are must reads. Highly, highly recommended.
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Jan 27, 2014
Christian Kotz
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it was amazing
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oldy but goldy
Jul 13, 2009
Nynke Fokma
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Mine also mentions David A. Patterson as author.
It is a good Book
It puts me to think about architecture as not merely a founded set of rules on how to build computers or each component. But using the trade-offs of each option.
Patterson teaches a graduate course at Berkeley based on this book, and the lectures are available online
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The school I teach at, SUNY Old Westbury, assigned me this book for undergraduate Computer Architecture by mistake. This book is intended for graduate students.
The fourth edition is a mighty step up, although this is a classic and well worth having for its expanded historical coverage, pleasantly interwoven in the text as opposed to cold exile on the cdrom.
Best textbook ever.
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Jun 27, 2012
Robert Grossman
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Challenging, but worth it.
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very interesting book. introductory materials but very helpful
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Nice book for Engineering students
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