PRINCIPAL TEXT BOOK:


"Computer Architecture -- A Quantative Approach" 
 by Hennessy and Patterson, (2nd edition), Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 1996.





REFERENCE TEXTS:


"Advanced Computer Architecture" by K. Hwang, McGraw Hill Publishers, 1993.


"High Performance Computer Architecture" by H. Stone, Addison Wesley
 Publishers, 1990.


"Structured Computer Organization", by A. Tanenbaum, (4th edition), Prentice
 Hall, 1999.