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I believe that Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective http://www.amazon.com/dp/0136108040 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0136108040 is superior to the widely mandated Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach for software engineers and programmers. The former has less hardcoded numbers than the latter and more timeless principles.