Patterson/Hennessy on Computer Organization and Hennessy/Patterson on Computer Architecture are considered foundational canon. The implied expectation underlyi

Patterson/Hennessy on Computer Organization and Hennessy/Patterson on Computer Architecture are considered foundational canon. The implied expectation underlying "beginner-friendly" seems naively misguided; it's an advanced undergrad computer/software engineering topic in the most permissive sense, and the blog's prose appears to have been tailored with that minimum target audience in mind.