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I was surprised by some of the low ratings of this book. Overall, it is clearly written and the graphics are very helpful to understanding the material. Some coverage at the logic gate level would be useful in future editions - I ended up surfing the web for this information. All in all, this is a good text for a CompSci course. However, it would be difficult to recommend it for self-study unless the reader is already comfortable with technical material.

I am sort of in between all the other reviwers on this one. The text seems okay for a intro. into the subject. There is enough information to teach a class and I assume it _is_ designed for someone with little to no previous knowledge in computer architecture. Although it sure does help when they hit assembly language instructions in chapter 3!

That's why it's so confusing when you hit the exercises in the back of each chapter. Where did these come from? Very little of it can be answered by reading the book, the teacher of my class was only able to answer the questions due to experience outside of the field. Most of the answers start with "it depends on . . ." and the answers really didn't come from anywhere in the book. Most of the questions are trick questions and this isn't a way to teach, but it is a way to confuse the reader. I guess I'm reviewing the book in the same way the book reads. Sorry. And sorry to anyone required to use this text!

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