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For anybody that has read both "Computer Organization and Design" and "Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach" by Patterson/Hennessy, how would you describe the differences between these two books? (content, audience, etc) Are they essentially the undergrad/graduate texts respectively?

Chris Wilson

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And a follow-up question: if you were picking between "Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition" by Patterson/Hennessy and "Digital Design and Computer Architecture, RISC-V Edition" by Harris^2 for an undergrad text, which would you pick and why?

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