On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Aaron Durbin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:42 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear cb folks, > > > > I ask you some advice on material that is worth reading in order to gain > > fundamental notions on computer architecture. > > > > Which book do you suggest to that purpose? > > > > These aren't specific to x86 or any particular architecture -- just > computer arch in general. I find them to helpful/interesting: > > > http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Machine-Introduction-Microprocessors-Architecture/dp/1593271042 > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201633388/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1 > > There are more academic books, but I think the above provide an > interesting introduction. If you are looking for more practical books > about a particular architecture those exist as well. However, there's > nothing (that I know of) that encompasses the expanse that is > historical x86 systems. > > Aaron's suggestions are spot on. If you want exactly "computer architecture" then study those books. If you want to take a slightly off-track approach, study http://wiki.osdev.org/Main_Page with the idea of writing an Operating System from scratch. I realize you probably aren't going to write an Operating System, but that knowledge is critical to understanding what Coreboot is doing. Good luck! David
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