Books or websites about PC ARCHITECTURE

[entropy01]

Recommend any good books or websites with information on processor, graphics, and any architecture related to computers?

 

[ragiepew]

books... i dont know... but for a good starter website (and also good for advances stuff) try Aceshardware.com

good luck

 

[VBboy]

Google.com

 

[yllus]

Many university Computer Science courses stress at least the basics of computer architecture early on, it's a good way of showing how learning crap like binary addition and division is actually sometimes useful. You'll also get a ton of information on data pathways, how buses work, memory, input/output control etc.

The textbook I used personally was called "Principles of Computer Architecture" by Miles J. Murdocca and Vincent P. Heuring. Being 1 am I'm not going to scrounge around for the ISBN number but I can do that as well later if needed. Actually, most of the material is online in Acrobat format at:

Slides: Principles of Computer Architecture
http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~murdocca/POCA/slides/

Good foundation on the nitty-gritty of computer architecture today, and its history.

 

[VBboy]

Hmmm... Why can't he just type "introduction to computer architecture" into any search engine?

 

[entropy01]

I did.

But sometimes the best sites around aren't always found by search engines.

If I typed in a review for a piece of hardware, I almost never get links to Tom's, Anand, FS..etc..

 

[VBboy]

OK, fine

http://www.FiringSquad.com
http://www.XBitLabs.com
http://www.HardwareCentral.com
http://www.SharkyExtreme.com
http://www.3dnews.net
http://www.3dFiles.com
http://www.digit-life.com
http://www.AmdMb.com
http://www.AmdZone.com

And many others, all found by using a search engine a couple of years ago

 

[entropy01]

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