Key features

• •Introduces the RISC-V instruction set in only 100 pages, including 75 figures
• •An Instruction Translator Guide to help translate assembly language programs from ARM-32 and x86-32 instruction sets to RISC-V
• •2-page RISC-V Reference Card that summarizes all instructions
• •50-page Instruction Glossary that defines every instruction in detail
• •75 spotlights of good architecture design using margin icons
• •50 sidebars with interesting commentary and RISC-V history
• •25 quotes to pass along wisdom of noted scientists and engineers
• •“This timely book concisely describes the simple, free and open RISC-V ISA that is experiencing rapid uptake in many different computing sectors.” Krste Asanovic, University of California, Berkeley, one of the four architects of RISC-V
• •“I like RISC-V and this book as they are elegant—brief, to the point, and complete.” C. Gordon Bell, a computer architecture pioneer
• •“ This handy little book effortlessly summarizes all the essential elements of the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture, a perfect reference guide for students and practitioners alike.” Professor Randy Katz, University of California, Berkeley, one of the inventors of RAID storage systems
• •“This clearly-written book offers a good introduction to RISC-V, augmented with insightful comments on its evolutionary history and comparisons with other familiar architectures.” John Mashey, one of the designers of the MIPS architecture
• •“This book tells what RISC-V can do and why its designers chose to endow it with those abilities.” Ivan Sutherland, the father of computer graphics
• •“RISC-V will change the world, and this book will help you become part of that change.” Professor Michael B. Taylor, University of Washington
• •“This book will be an invaluable reference for anyone working with the RISC-V ISA.” Megan Wachs, PhD, SiFive Engineer