Microprocessor Architecture: From Simple Pipelines to Chip Multiprocessors
"Professor Baer has developed an extremely appropriate and timely textbook for computer architecture, with a focus on how processors work, and how select micro-architectural features work. He is an excellent teacher, and has effectively presented and explained the concepts.  The text covers all the major subjects necessary for a semester-long course in computer architecture."Patrick Crowley, Washington University in St. Louis"Overall, I believe that the book will serve as a useful textbook for explaining concepts related to the architecture of microprocessors to undergraduate and graduate students."S. V. Nagaraj, Computing Reviews