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From: conor@lion.inmos.co.uk (Conor O'Neill)
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Subject: Hennessy and Patterson
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Date: 19 Nov 90 11:40:42 GMT
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In article <316@cadlab.sublink.ORG> staff@cadlab.sublink.ORG (Alex Martelli) writes:
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>I suggest Hennessy and Patterson's "Computer Architecture, a
>Quantitative Approach", published by Morgan Kaufmann, for a simple and
>clear model of how one goes about minimizing chip cost.  Great book!

This book has not yet been published in the UK.
Does anyone know when it will be, how much it will cost?

I've also seen a book by Tabak called simply "RISC systems", at 21 pounds.
It seems to be basically a survey of RISC chips and systems.
Can anyone recommend this?

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