You might like "Digital Design and Computer Architecture, RISC-V Edition" by Harris and Harris. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Digital_Design_and_Compute

You might like "Digital Design and Computer Architecture, RISC-V Edition" by Harris and Harris. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Digital_Design_and_Computer_Architecture/g34yzgEACAAJ?hl=en https://www.google.com/books/edition/Digital_Design_and_Comp... This book definitely skews pragmatic, hands on and doesn't assume much. Covers both VHDL and Verilog. Has sections on branch prediction, register renaming, etc.