Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Architecture and Design) 1st Edition

I don't understand the negative reviews. This is a very nicely written textbook (from a second year undergrad with only some familiarity with logic design). Explains everything crystal clear and shows motivation for everything. This is a good textbook to learn from as it is very pleasant to read and will improve your understanding of computer organization/assembly.

Ignore the 1 star review. Regardless of whether there's a lot updated from the previous version, the book is a great introduction to RISC-V.

Great introduction to RISC-V. Unfortunate that it does not include an answer key to the exercises.

A+++

If you didn't have logic background, authors included an Appendix section and it does a really good job at explaining all the concepts.The normal chapters also do a great job explaining everything. The book also has many graphs and visual, which make it easy to understand the concepts.

This is terribly written, and it doesn't seem like anybody edited it. The end of chapter exercises are so obscure about what data you are supposed to use that it's almost impossible to work through. Without looking the answers up from a 3rd party source and working backwards you will never be able to solve all of the exercises. I can not believe my university actually approved this textbook.

I have never seen so many typos in a textbook. It's the first edition, so some are expected, but there's a lot.As for the material itself, it's naturally dry. Some parts have good explanations, others read like a reference book rather than being instructional.Overall, this series has potential in future editions, but as it stands, I would pick up something else.

Good book about computers in general. Very little information about Risc-V, however, although it does have ARM and X86 specific information. I was looking for a good book on Risc-V. Still looking.