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The author talks about "Computer Organization and Design, RISC-V Edition". Is the book worth a read even if one read the other (and older) edition of the Patte
by flakiness 5y ago
The author talks about "Computer Organization and Design, RISC-V Edition".
Is the book worth a read even if one read the other (and older) edition of the Patterson book? Can I sufficently learn RISC-V from it, or is it used as mere "reference" architecture?
- mhh__ 5y agoYou could skim a PDF of it +7$5 to get up to scratch with RISC-V, and it is more of a reference. FWIW I think H&P books are extremely important references but basically rubbish pedagogically.
- rwmj 5y agoIt's the main textbook used in university courses on microprocessor design and microarchitecture, so quite useful pedagogically. While you will certainly learn a lot and have a lot of fun by creating your own CPU out of 74-serial chips, this is no way to design a high performance, modern CPU. For that you need to understand the math, trade-offs, and sophisticated dataflow techniques which the book will teach you. (And then you'll need to spend years at one of the big design houses to learn the stuff that no one teaches)
- mhh__ 5y agoBut I think it's a poorly written book. Ignoring the issues with it like that the appendixes have to found online even after buying the book (i.e. not on the website), it simply doesn't teach very effectively
- zozbot234 5y agoCO&D is a textbook about computer architecture in general, and only tangentially about RISC-V. There are better reference manuals to learn about RISC-V itself.