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Feb 14, 2012 Wayland He rated it it was amazing

I took the class but only touched on the bare basics 2 years ago. I then reread this book again because I felt like I didn't have a strong understanding of computer systems. I was able to understand everything and it helped me immensely in the upper division classes I'm taking this year. I recommend this book to anyone who is self-teaching themselves because it also comes with solutions to the problems online. I took the class but only touched on the bare basics 2 years ago. I then reread this book again because I felt like I didn't have a strong understanding of computer systems. I was able to understand everything and it helped me immensely in the upper division classes I'm taking this year. I recommend this book to anyone who is self-teaching themselves because it also comes with solutions to the problems online. ...more

Feb 18, 2018 Jake rated it it was amazing

The first three chapters of this book are covered in other texts both more succinctly or more with depth so it really doesn't serve any needs in this text if you've been exposed to those already. I suggest finding a good digital logic book and working through that, skipping those chapters. After this the book comes into its own. Chapter 4, 5 13, 16 and appendix A are required for anyone learning about computer architecture in my opinion. This is a good self study text as it has a lot of breadth The first three chapters of this book are covered in other texts both more succinctly or more with depth so it really doesn't serve any needs in this text if you've been exposed to those already. I suggest finding a good digital logic book and working through that, skipping those chapters. After this the book comes into its own. Chapter 4, 5 13, 16 and appendix A are required for anyone learning about computer architecture in my opinion. This is a good self study text as it has a lot of breadth but not much depth, except in some things. In the chapters I mentioned the book went into a lot of detail in subjects that many books don't seem too.

The book attempts to teach computer programming from the hardware up and is quite ambitious. The age of the text does show but the ideas are quite timeless. This is a good companion to patterson and hennessy computer organization text.

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Sep 03, 2013 Lori rated it really liked it

Ever wanted to know how your computer really works? This textbook is really easy to read and does a thorough job of moving from transistors to gates to memory to assembly to the C programming language! The exercise questions are very challenging and will really make you think about how CPUs implement certain commands. This is a very enlightening book and it's probably the few textbooks I've read that I enjoyed reading. Ever wanted to know how your computer really works? This textbook is really easy to read and does a thorough job of moving from transistors to gates to memory to assembly to the C programming language! The exercise questions are very challenging and will really make you think about how CPUs implement certain commands. This is a very enlightening book and it's probably the few textbooks I've read that I enjoyed reading. ...more

Sep 14, 2011 Victoria rated it did not like it

This book is not helpful. The first chapter was great, but it went downhill after that. I find it hard to read because it is full of technical language. The LC-3 programs it shows aren't great examples either. There must be something better than this. This book is not helpful. The first chapter was great, but it went downhill after that. I find it hard to read because it is full of technical language. The LC-3 programs it shows aren't great examples either. There must be something better than this. ...more

Sep 07, 2015 Timo Brønseth rated it it was amazing

I don't know if it's due to the nature of the subject, but in any case, this book was surprisingly well-structured. What used to be magic to me has now been reduced to bits and pieces that I can actually understand. The LC-3 is fantastic toy and explanatory device; I'm glad they included it. It's is the most enjoyable textbook I've consumed.

Philosophers should read this as a less controversial lesson in reductionism than neuroscience.

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