Hennessy and Patterson

Ostensibly one of the most widely used books for studying computer architecture so I had a look, and... WTF? Possible future CPU designers are being fed with tripe like this?

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Despite all the focus on MIPS and performance, it is suspiciously missing any real benchmarks of MIPS processors.

They have an interesting definition of a "desktop computer":
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"Heineken and Pilsner" would be a better name for this book, as its authors appear to be as knowledgeable about real-world computer architecture as drunken fools.

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All of the information on real world microprocessors in H&P becomes outdated before it's put to press. This is especially obvious if you're reading an older edition. Fortunately, H&P is really just an introductory text so, outdated performance observations aside, there isn't a lot of room for demagoguery.

Hennessy does have a well known anti-Intel bias that shows up in most of his newer writings. It seems to me that he has never gotten over the fact that MIPS failed to take over the world, and now that he is no longer close to the industry the textbooks are one of the few outlets he has for his bile.