From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 23 18:49:44 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A37AD16A400 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:49:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bulliver@badcomputer.org) Received: from pd2mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85B7413C44B for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:49:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bulliver@badcomputer.org) Received: from pd3mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr2so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.178]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JK3004YQO3NMS00@l-daemon> for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:47:47 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml8so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.152]) by pd3mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JK300E0XO3NU930@pd3mr2so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:47:47 -0600 (MDT) Received: from virgo.badcomputer.org ([68.148.98.184]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JK30048UO3M4070@l-daemon> for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:47:46 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:47:27 -0600 From: darren kirby In-reply-to: <84FEA104-C7A0-4CED-A515-97249F7FECC9@ketralnis.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Message-id: <200706231147.27955.bulliver@badcomputer.org> Organization: Badcomputer Org. MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline References: <200706211633.l5LGXWvG095148@lurza.secnetix.de> <84FEA104-C7A0-4CED-A515-97249F7FECC9@ketralnis.com> User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 Subject: Re: Where software meets hardware.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bulliver@badcomputer.org List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 18:49:44 -0000 quoth the David King: > > If you want to know more details about how a processor > > access data in memory, how address bus and data bus > > works, how a processor is built up from transistor > > functions, I strongly recommend that you buy a good > > beginners book of processor design. > > Do you have any recommendations? "Computer Organization and Design" by Patterson and Hennessy ISBN 1-55860-604-1 ...is one I'm working through right now. Reasonably priced at ~$50 for 620 pages and about half as many more on the CDROM. As an added bonus you will learn Mips assembly. -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972