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This introductory book to computer architecture and organization is divided into three major subsections each of which contains a number of chapters. Section I titled ``From software to hardware'' contains chapters on computation, software engineering, and machine language. Section II titled ``From switches to processors'' contains chapters titled ``Data representation and notation'', ``Element level'', ``Component level'' and Control units''. Section III titled ``From components to systems'' contains chapters on processor organization, system organization, and survey of contemporary processor architecture. The presentation is in a clear, ``friendly'' style with a proper mix of anecdotal material to maintain a high interest level. The chapter problem sets are some what skimpy; answers to the problems are thorough. The Motorala 68000, National Semi conductor 32000 and Inmos transputer processors are covered in the survey chapter. Considerable paper ``real estate'' is consumed by diagrams which could be reduced in size considerably to provide a more pleasing presentation.