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Ask HN: recommend a book that explains how computers work down to the silicon
- chamblin 13y agoCheck out Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold for a slightly romantic take, or Malvino's Digital Computer Electronics for an undergraduate view of computer architecture.
- wmf 13y agohttp://www.nand2tetris.org/ http://www.nand2tetris.org/
- lifeisstillgood 13y agojust came to say the same thing !
- vnagpal 13y agothank you for this gem.
- camkego 13y agoSilicon?
- null_ptr 13y agoThanks, fixed.
- dangrossman 13y agoLook up the "system architecture" course in the CS department of your favorite university. Download the syllabus, slides, and required reading list.
- ra00l 13y agoCharles Petzold's Code: http://www.charlespetzold.com/code/ http://www.charlespetzold.com/code/
- cju 13y ago«Structured Computer Organization » by Andrew S. Tanenbaum. I don't know the newer edition but the 3rd edition is the first computer book I have read and its layered approach is great (and I think, was new at that time)
- arohi 13y agoElements of Computing system