>“1970 年，J. E. Thornton 写了一本名为《Design of a Computer: The Control Data 6600》（计算机设计：CDC 6600）的书 http://ygdes.com/CDC/DesignOfAComputer_CDC6600.pdf 我超级喜欢这本书。CDC6600 是首个实现许多后来被归入 RISC 的设计范式的架构……
>"In 1970, J. E. Thornton wrote a book called Design of a Computer: The Control Data 6600 http://ygdes.com/CDC/DesignOfAComputer_CDC6600.pdf I love this book. The CDC6600 was the first architecture to implement many of paradigms that were later assigned to the RISC…
……并发性。load 和 store 变得近乎透明。（要记住当时内存的速度和 CPU 一样快，有时甚至更快，所以为了省下几条指令，偶尔多做一次没必要的 load 也是完全划算的。）参见 J E Thornton 的《Design of a Computer, The Control Data 6600》。
…concurrency. Loads and stores became sort-of transparent. (Remembering that memory was as fast, sometimes faster than the CPU, so a few instructions saved was worth the occasional unnecessary load.) See "Design of a Computer, The Control Data 6600" by J E Thornton.
I don't understand your critique. A book manages to condense the design of a computer -- from gate-level to operating system -- in a 300 page tutorial and you do not like the fact that it glosses over some details? I doubt any single person has the knowledge to build a modern computer…
有几本历史上很有意思的体系结构书籍现在可以在线免费读到了：Thornton, James E 的《Design of a computer: the Control Data 6600》http://ygdes.com/CDC/DesignOfAComputer_CDC6600.pdf；Gordon Bell 的《Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design》http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gbell/CGB%20Fi...……
A few historically interesting architecture books that are now available for free online are: Thornton, James E, Design of a computer: the Control Data 6600 http://ygdes.com/CDC/DesignOfAComputer_CDC6600.pdf Gordon Bell, Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gbell/CGB%20Fi...…
…still required to convert the Verilog (high-level design describing the processor logic) into a netlist (FPGA configuration), and it hasn't been taped out into a chip, either. So, the book covers the design of a computer end-to-middle - that is, without covering how the block / HDL level design becomes logic gates, and without covering how said gates are then manufactured. This is probably fine - the scope has to end…
>“1970 年，J. E. Thornton 写了一本名为《Design of a Computer: The Control Data 6600》（计算机设计：CDC 6600）的书 http://ygdes.com/CDC/DesignOfAComputer_CDC6600.pdf 我超级喜欢这本书。CDC6600 是首个实现许多后来被归入 RISC 的设计范式的架构……
>"In 1970, J. E. Thornton wrote a book called Design of a Computer: The Control Data 6600 http://ygdes.com/CDC/DesignOfAComputer_CDC6600.pdf I love this book. The CDC6600 was the first architecture to implement many of paradigms that were later assigned to the RISC…
……并发性。load 和 store 变得近乎透明。（要记住当时内存的速度和 CPU 一样快，有时甚至更快，所以为了省下几条指令，偶尔多做一次没必要的 load 也是完全划算的。）参见 J E Thornton 的《Design of a Computer, The Control Data 6600》。
…concurrency. Loads and stores became sort-of transparent. (Remembering that memory was as fast, sometimes faster than the CPU, so a few instructions saved was worth the occasional unnecessary load.) See "Design of a Computer, The Control Data 6600" by J E Thornton.
我搞不懂你的槽点在哪。一本书能用 300 页的教程把一台计算机的设计——从门级电路到操作系统——浓缩讲完，你居然还不满它略过了一些细节？我怀疑现在根本没有哪个人能凭一己之力掌握造出一台现代计算机的全部知识……
I don't understand your critique. A book manages to condense the design of a computer -- from gate-level to operating system -- in a 300 page tutorial and you do not like the fact that it glosses over some details? I doubt any single person has the knowledge to build a modern computer…
网上能找到好几个版本的 Cray 1 硬件参考手册。它们没有《Design of a Computer》讲得那么生动详尽，但依然干货满满。
There are several versions of the Cray 1 Hardware Reference manual online. They're not as descriptive as Design of a Computer, but still informative.
有几本历史上很有意思的体系结构书籍现在可以在线免费读到了：Thornton, James E 的《Design of a computer: the Control Data 6600》http://ygdes.com/CDC/DesignOfAComputer_CDC6600.pdf；Gordon Bell 的《Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design》http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gbell/CGB%20Fi...……
A few historically interesting architecture books that are now available for free online are: Thornton, James E, Design of a computer: the Control Data 6600 http://ygdes.com/CDC/DesignOfAComputer_CDC6600.pdf Gordon Bell, Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gbell/CGB%20Fi...…
……依然需要把 Verilog（描述处理器逻辑的高层设计）转换成网表（FPGA 配置），而且它也根本没有真正流片做成芯片。所以，这本书涵盖的计算机设计属于‘端到中间’——也就是说，它没讲模块/HDL 级设计是如何变成逻辑门的，也没讲这些门电路最终是如何制造出来的。不过这完全可以理解——书的范围总得有个边界……
…still required to convert the Verilog (high-level design describing the processor logic) into a netlist (FPGA configuration), and it hasn't been taped out into a chip, either. So, the book covers the design of a computer end-to-middle - that is, without covering how the block / HDL level design becomes logic gates, and without covering how said gates are then manufactured. This is probably fine - the scope has to end…