3 Course Literature

The official textbook for this offering of the course is the following.

1. David Patterson and John Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design, The Hardware/Software Interface, Revised Fourth Edition, 2012, Morgan Kaufmann, ISBN-13: 978-0-12-374750-1.

The third edition differs substantially from the fourth and is not recommended as a substitute. The (original) fourth edition differs in some details, including many exercises, from the revised fourth edition. It may be usable for the course, but the revised fourth edition is the official standard. Exercises from the revised edition may be assigned.

In addition to the course text, there will be relatively detailed overhead slides, based largely upon those used in courses given by Professor Mary Jane Irwin at the Pennsylvania State University, who has graciously granted permission to use those materials. They will be available for download on the course web page.