Computer Systems Organization and Architecture | 
|  | | | Title: | Computer Systems Organization and Architecture | | Author: | John D. Carpinelli | | Publisher: | Addison Wesley | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 30 October, 2000 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0201612534 / 9780201612530 | | List Price: | $95.00 | | Amazon Price: | $95.00 | |
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B> This book provides up-to-date coverage of fundamental concepts for the design of computers and their subsystems. It presents material with a serious but easy-to-understand writing style that makes it accessible to readers without sacrificing important topics. The book emphasizes a finite state machine approach to CPU design, which provides a strong background for reader understanding. It forms a solid basis for readers to draw upon as they study this material and in later engineering and computer science practice. The book also examines the design of computer systems, including such topics as memory hierarchies, input/output processing, interrupts, and direct memory access, as well as advanced architectural aspects of parallel processing. To make the material accessible to beginners, the author has included two running examples of increasing complexity: the Very Simple CPU, which contains four instruction sets and shows very simple CPU design; and the Relatively Simple CPU which contains 16 instruction sets and adds enough complexity to illustrate more advanced concepts. Each chapter features a real-world machine on which the discussed organization and architecture concepts are implemented. This book is designed to teach computer organization/architecture to engineers and computer scientists.
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Customer Reviews:
• Weak Learning Tool, Likely Good Reference Book. 10 October, 2006
This is the least pdagogic technical text I have read to date. The material lacks coherence between points. It almost feels like a PowerPoint slide show that is missing the speaker to tie the points together.
That is compounded by poor illustrations that are also full of errata. The high purchase price is unjustified bt the poor production value.
(e.g. Karnaugh maps could have been much clearer if colors were used)
It may turn out to be a suitable reference work for some one who already knows the topic, but surely not to learn from.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A12X3GVJTXS2C6
• Keep Lookin 11 December, 2004
This book was required for my Computer Systems & Architecture class. The other reviewers did a good job of highlighting how bad this book is. The only thing I will add is, if this book is required for a course you don't really much choice other than to buy it (so good luck). If you're buying this book for the sake of learning about computer architecture I would not recommend this one.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2ERT94RXMGBFW
• Terrible 11 December, 2007
I recently had the misfortune of using this text for a Computer Architecture class. I read and re-read every chapter several times to always have to search out more material just to be able to answer the end of chapter questions. The book may be good as a second text, but should never be used as the main or only text for a class. There are supposedly no prerequisite readings for this, yet I highly disagree!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3ND064PHKHGVH
• Understandable But Complex - For A Complex Subject 25 May, 2005
I used this book for an undergrad Architecture course. I had a great teacher, and we only looked at certain sections in the book. There is an awful lot to cover in a single semester.
The book is written for students with very little formal electronics knowledge, but you do need to know some basic logic and hardware concepts. It is based on the i86 architecture, making generalizations where possible. If you have a strong background, or want to learn very detailed concepts - then there are better choices. Sometimes this book over-simplifies concepts to reach its intended audience.
I later found the book useful as a reference tool in a graduate architecture class. Especially the sections on memory - cache, virutal, pagefiles, etc.. Even though my grad class was on the MiPS architecture, the concepts are the same.
Overall, this was a decent text for an undergraduate course.
As other reviewers, (good and bad) have noted - when you are learning, you should always use additional references. Don't depend on this book alone to teach you.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2R3TUNQV0IGAI
• Consistently Inconsistent 29 November, 2006
Most of the other 1-star reviews have covered the outstanding deficiencies of this text. I am 3/4 of the way through this book. It is the second course I have taken that used this text. It is thoroughly inconsistent. Concepts are not explained in a thorough and meaningful way, sometimes not at all. Logical progression (ability to connect concepts) is very poor.
It is at times impossible to solve the problems at the end of the chapter because they lack enough detail to understand what is actually required.
I am not a lazy student who is mad about my bad grade. I got an A in my previous course and am on track to get another; however, it has required A LOT more work than any other courses - mainly because of the terrible text.
Please avoid this text if you possibly can!!!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1653TBOF6C29B
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