Ask HN: recommend a book that explains how computers work down to the silicon

[wmf]

http://www.nand2tetris.org/

[lifeisstillgood]

just came to say the same thing !

[vnagpal]

thank you for this gem.

[ra00l]

Charles Petzold's Code: http://www.charlespetzold.com/code/

[cju]

«Structured Computer Organization » by Andrew S. Tanenbaum. I don't know the newer edition but the 3rd edition is the first computer book I have read and its layered approach is great (and I think, was new at that time)

[chamblin]

Check out Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold for a slightly romantic take, or Malvino's Digital Computer Electronics for an undergraduate view of computer architecture.

[dangrossman]

Look up the "system architecture" course in the CS department of your favorite university. Download the syllabus, slides, and required reading list.

[arohi]

Elements of Computing system

[camkego]

Silicon?

[null_ptr]

Thanks, fixed.