I really like what the authors have set out to achieve with the concept. It is true that an entire generation of software developers are out of touch with the 'metal'. Very few can claim to understand what is exactly happening down at the hardware level or how sophisticated OS work or for that matter the workings of 'magical' rapid application development language like PHP, Python etc.

On their part, the authors do seem to be making a real attempt at enabling people learn something. But the...

I don't think the content of this book is enough to build small working processor the author should have given more explanation on concepts and references would be much appreciated .

Overall I like this book which I should have studied long ago.

Good book with clear outline of the basics of computer science. Easy to understand and analyze the deepest operations and parts of the computer. But there are no extended details about each and every topic. Overall its a good buy. Thanks.

If you want to have a through understanding of Computer and why do they work, this is the place. What is profound about the method of Prof Schocken is not what he writes but the design of problems he wants you to solve. Knowledge is parted in the epiphany moments of solving these problems.

Recommended for CS students. Provides an overview of all the essential building blocks of a computer.

I don't have words for this book. This is a must for all people who works with electronics, computers.

First few chapters cover about computer hardware. These chapters are very good for understanding how a processor works. From designing logic gates using HDL(Hardware description language) to a complete CPU.

Rest of the chapters cover about software i.e the software to be written on the hardware you had made.

All chapters have programming exercise which makes the concept clear.