# RISC-V System-on-Chip Design by Harris and Harris

6 Hacker News commenters recommended RISC-V System-on-Chip Design by Harris and Harris and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Praised as a bridge from microarchitecture to SoC design; one critic says it leaves out core SoC topics.

## Why people recommend it

- Worth the price for readers (2 comments): "I just pre-ordered this book and think it's definitely worth it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48842279)) "It's worth (for me paying that amount of money for) it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48878326))
- Seen as an excellent find (2 comments): "Excellent find, an academic paper announcing the book is here" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48873607)) "Judging by the authors, I'm sure the book will be excellent." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48844809))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach by Hennessy and Patterson](https://hackerapproved.com/p/computer-architecture-a-quantitative-approach.md): 5 recommend
- [Computation Structures by Ward and Halstead](https://hackerapproved.com/p/computation-structures.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=RISC-V+System-on-Chip+Design&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "RISC-V System-on-Chip Design by Harris and Harris", https://hackerapproved.com/p/risc-v-system-on-chip-design/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).