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

Great book.

User friendly book and paper quality is too good.

I've had a bit of a love/hate relationship with this textbook.I'm currently at university, and I took a class in Computer Organization this semester. I was definitely unfamiliar with the low-level aspects of Computer Science, so needless to say I was a bit intimidated. However, this textbook thoroughly prepared me for my exams, and I relied on this textbook more than I have any other text for any other class. Not only did it prepare me, but I feel that I have learned more about Computer Science from this textbook than I have from any other.I've seen some other reviews complain about typos, but I can usually overlook those. There are only two colors in the book (blue and black), but this is obviously to keep prices down (see below). Sometimes I found myself reading the same passages over and over again because I had trouble understanding what the author meant. I definitely get a sense that this edition was a bit rushed, as both the authors have demanding jobs outside of writing textbooks.I also have a serious issue with the way I couldn't find ANY answers anywhere to the problems in the book. It seems like standard practice to have the odd or even-numbered solutions in the back of the book or online, but I could not locate any. That's really my only complaint about this text, all the other issues I can excuse in some way.One of the most important points about this textbook is its price. You can easily pick this up for less than $40, which is pretty much a steal compared to some $100 or $200 textbooks. In light of the price, I can excuse the few areas where the cut corners to reduce printing prices.

Cumple con todo lo que recomendaron. Profundo y a la vez sencillo de aprender. Me va a servir en los proximos dos años.

La bible de la programmation. Certe, c'est compliqué, mais on peut difficilement faire mieux dans ce domaine complexe. Pour tous les élèves en informatiques

Ho avuto possibilità di leggere questo libro senza acquistarlo personalmente... ma durante lo studio di tale libro, me ne sono innamorato da come vengono spiegate in modo perfetto gli argomenti, rendendoli di facile comprensione! Ho dovuto acquistarlo per aggiungerlo alla mia collezione e finirlo!

Very good for a person with little or no knowledge of computer architecture.