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A Programmer's View of Computer Architecture: With Assembly Language Examples from the MIPS RISC Architecture
enlarge	Authors: James Goodman, Karen Miller Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Category: Book List Price: ~~$115.00~~ Buy New: $10.00 as of 7/30/2010 12:34 MDT details You Save: $105.00 (91%) New (16) Used (27) from $6.07 Seller: Stanford-CA-Books Rating: 5 reviews Sales Rank: 203259 Media: Hardcover Edition: Preliminary ed Pages: 416 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5 Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.6 x 1 ISBN: 0195131096 Dewey Decimal Number: 004.22 EAN: 9780195131093 ASIN: 0195131096 Publication Date: August 1, 1993 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Product Description This introductory text offers a contemporary treatment of computer architecture using assembly and machine language with a focus on software. Students learn how computers work through a clear, generic presentation of a computer architecture; a departure from the traditional focus on a specific architecture. A computer's capabilities are introduced within the context of software, reinforcing the software focus of the text. Designed for computer science majors in an assembly language course, this text uses a top-down approach to the material that enables students to begin programming immediately and to understand the assembly language, the interface between hardware and software. The text includes examples from the MIPS RISC (reduced instruction set computer) architecture and an accompanying software simulator package simulates a MIPS RISC processor (the software does not require a MIPS processor to run).

Customer Reviews: Author comment (admittedly biased rating) January 12, 2005 James Goodman 4 out of 5 found this review helpful To be fair, the first printing of this book did have a LOT of errors. But that was in 1993! And some of those copies are still circulating, especially in Madison, WI. But I only know of about three errors in the latest printing, and they are all very subtle. Frustrating Errors December 2, 2003 2 out of 4 found this review helpful Having taken the class at UW-Madison for which this book was written, and my instructor being Karen Miller (one of the authors), even she admitted to the great number of errors. It is highly frustrating to open the book read something, and then wonder, "Gee, is this correct?" Constantly referring to Karen's list of webpage errors was frustrating. Chapter 9 was completely re-written and made available to us in PDF format because the book's version was poor. I'm shocked that the university is still using the text. Though it was only slightly easier to follow the material since the author was also my instructor, she also seemed annoyed that through some departmental/political/publishing snafu that they are still using the text 10yrs later. Avoid this book if you have a choice. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH May 8, 2000 xincognito (Madison, WI) 7 out of 13 found this review helpful THIS BOOK STARTS OUT WELL, AND THEN DEGENERATES INTO ERRORS, ERRORS, ERRORS, AND MORE ERRORS. THE CONCEPTS IN THE LAST FEW CHAPTERS ARE EXPLAINED TERRIBLY. I FEEL GENUINELY SORRY FOR ANYBODY TRYING TO GET AN INTRO TO COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE CONCEPTS BY READING THIS BOOK. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH May 8, 2000 xincognito (Madison, WI) 0 out of 2 found this review helpful THIS BOOK STARTS OUT WELL, AND THEN DEGENERATES INTO ERRORS, ERRORS, ERRORS, AND MORE ERRORS. THE CONCEPTS IN THE LAST FEW CHAPTERS ARE EXPLAINED TERRIBLY. I FEEL GENUINELY SORRY FOR ANYBODY TRYING TO GET AN INTRO TO COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE CONCEPTS BY READING THIS BOOK. new edition has not been printed January 27, 2006 CompSci major (Massachusetts) 0 out of 2 found this review helpful Based on the author's review I tried to get a copy of a newer edition than 1993. According to Oxford Press, the newer edition is in press but has not been printed and they have no publication date available.

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