[jedmeyers]

If I am not mistaken, the book is called Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective (CS:APP) by Randal E. Bryant and David R. O'Hallaron. It's very nicely written, and 3rd edition just came out this year. Coursera also has an archive of a great course based on this book from University of Washington - 'The Hardware/Software Interface'.

[carlosdp]

You're right, that's what it's called (still have my copy at home). I took the course with Bryant and O'Hallaron. Super smart guys, very nice too. They're the kind of professors that really care more about students learning the stuff rather than administrative stuff or arbitrary policies.

Haven't seen the Coursera course, but it'd be really hard to make a bad course based on this book. It's both creative enough to keep attention, and doesn't skip anything.