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How long does it take to read Computer Architecture?

John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson

Computer Architecture by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson takes about 15 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 15 hours 2 minutes

A long haul

First published 1989. 820 pages, about 225,500 words.

31 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 25 hours 3 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 15 hours 2 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 9 hours 24 minutes

The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

This new edition of 'Computer Architecture' has been updated throughout to address the historic shift from single-core to multi-core processors.

Subjects: Computer architecture, Mémoires, Multiprocesseurs, COMPUTERS, Systèmes enfouis (Informatique), Systems Architecture

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