"Computer Organization and Design"

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computer science book non-fiction book textbook

"Computer Organization and Design" is a widely used foundational textbook in computer architecture that explains how computers are structured and how hardware and software interact to execute programs.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Computer Organization and Design	2
Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface	2
"Computer Organization and Design" canonical	1
Computer Organization and Architecture	1
Computer Organization and Design ARM Edition	1
Computer Organization and Design MIPS Edition	1
Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1634114 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: "Computer Organization and Design"
Context triple: [John L. Hennessy, notableWork, "Computer Organization and Design"]

A. "Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach"
"Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach" is a seminal textbook that rigorously explores modern computer architecture design and performance analysis, widely used in academia and industry as a definitive reference.
B. Operating Systems: Design and Implementation
Operating Systems: Design and Implementation is a foundational textbook by Andrew S. Tanenbaum that presents the principles of operating system design alongside a detailed case study of the MINIX operating system.
C. The Science of Computing
"The Science of Computing" is a foundational work by Peter J. Denning that explores the principles, theory, and practice underlying computer science as a scientific discipline.
D. Modern Operating Systems
Modern Operating Systems is a widely used computer science textbook by Andrew S. Tanenbaum (often with Herbert Bos) that provides a comprehensive introduction to the design and implementation of contemporary operating systems.
E. Xe-HPG microarchitecture
Xe-HPG microarchitecture is Intel’s high-performance gaming-oriented GPU architecture designed to power its discrete Arc graphics cards with advanced features like hardware-accelerated ray tracing.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: "Computer Organization and Design"
Target entity description: "Computer Organization and Design" is a widely used foundational textbook in computer architecture that explains how computers are structured and how hardware and software interact to execute programs.

A. "Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach"
"Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach" is a seminal textbook that rigorously explores modern computer architecture design and performance analysis, widely used in academia and industry as a definitive reference.
B. Operating Systems: Design and Implementation
Operating Systems: Design and Implementation is a foundational textbook by Andrew S. Tanenbaum that presents the principles of operating system design alongside a detailed case study of the MINIX operating system.
C. The Science of Computing
"The Science of Computing" is a foundational work by Peter J. Denning that explores the principles, theory, and practice underlying computer science as a scientific discipline.
D. Modern Operating Systems
Modern Operating Systems is a widely used computer science textbook by Andrew S. Tanenbaum (often with Herbert Bos) that provides a comprehensive introduction to the design and implementation of contemporary operating systems.
E. Xe-HPG microarchitecture
Xe-HPG microarchitecture is Intel’s high-performance gaming-oriented GPU architecture designed to power its discrete Arc graphics cards with advanced features like hardware-accelerated ray tracing.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer science book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ textbook ⓘ
author	David A. Patterson ⓘ John L. Hennessy ⓘ
educationalUse	self-study ⓘ university courses ⓘ
explains	how computers are structured ⓘ how hardware and software interact to execute programs ⓘ
field	computer architecture ⓘ computer engineering ⓘ computer organization ⓘ computer science ⓘ
genre	educational literature ⓘ
hasEdition	ARM edition ⓘ RISC-V edition ⓘ fifth edition ⓘ first edition ⓘ fourth edition ⓘ second edition ⓘ third edition ⓘ
hasSubtitle	The Hardware/Software Interface ⓘ
intendedAudience	computer engineers ⓘ computer science students ⓘ graduate students ⓘ undergraduate students ⓘ
isWidelyUsedAs	foundational textbook ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	computer architecture ⓘ digital logic design ⓘ hardware/software interface ⓘ input/output systems ⓘ instruction set architecture ⓘ memory hierarchy ⓘ parallelism ⓘ performance measurement ⓘ pipelining ⓘ processor design ⓘ
publisher	Morgan Kaufmann ⓘ
topic	I/O performance ⓘ MIPS architecture ⓘ RISC architecture ⓘ assembly language ⓘ cache memory ⓘ control unit design ⓘ datapath design ⓘ machine language ⓘ storage systems ⓘ virtual memory ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John L. Hennessy → notableWork → "Computer Organization and Design" ⓘ

Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach → relatedWork → Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface ⓘ

subject linked to: "Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach"