Inside the Machine covers processors from the Intel and PowerPC families from the original Pentium and PowerPC 601 through the brand-spanking new Core 2 Duo/Solo architectures. He starts with the fundamentals of processor operation, then moves on to specific architectures.
It’s all a gigantic festival of the geektastic , but there are plenty of us who would crack this sucker open on Christmas morning and not stop reading until dinner time, pausing only for the occasional devouring of chocolate. Two hundred fifty copies, signed personally by Jon (and including a lot of special features), are available at Ars Technica’s store for $50, or on Amazon for just over $30.
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