“Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach” wins 2019 Texty

“Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach,” 6th ed. by Prof. Emeritus David Patterson and John Hennessy has won a 2019 Textbook Excellence Award (“Texty”) from the Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA).  Textys recognize excellence in current textbooks and learning materials. Works are judged by other textbook authors and subject matter experts who evaluate pedagogy, content/scholarship, writing, and appearance/design.  Patterson won a Most Promising New Textbook Award in 2016 for “Engineering Software as a Service: An Agile Approach Using Cloud Computing,” 1st ed. co-authored by Prof. Armando Fox, and a McGuffey Longevity Award in 2014 for “Computer Organization and Design,” 
5th ed. (also with Hennessy).