The sheer number of nested/chained operating system-ish layers on a modern computer between your operating system and the actual metal is just stupid.

UEFI is an operating system. Limine is a bootloader that is more capable than a lot of small operating systems. You've got the IME. The AML VM because God is dead. SMM. Maybe a hypervisor, and then your OS.

PCI, ACPI, AML, DT, UEFI, PEI, DXE...statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged.

#programming #computerArchitecture

Gamefinds: NANDgame
NANDgame is one of those puzzle games that's really an educational game in disguise. By hooking up wires and relays, then logic gates, then larger pieces of basic computing hardware, you construct a basic processor from first principles, step by excruciating step.

This is actually a puzzle solution, which I don't usually in
https://setsideb.com/gamefinds-nandgame/
#gamefinds #indies #niche #ComputerArchitecture #gamefinds #indie #LogicGates #NANDgame #niche #puzzle

20000 Gates and 20 MIPS [pdf]

https://bitsavers.org/pdf/amdahl/history/20000_Gates_and_20_MIPS_199011.pdf

#HackerNews #20000Gates #20MIPS #ComputerArchitecture #TechnologyHistory #PDF

Monday madness brings us a new SIGARCH blog and the call for tutorial & workshop proposals for IISWC. Check em out!

"Beyond Qubits: A Systems View of Hybrid CV-DV Quantum Computing"
by Yuan Liu, Zihan Chen, Shubdeep Mohapatra, Jim Furches, Zheng (Eddy) Zhang, Huiyang Zhou
https://www.sigarch.org/beyond-qubits-a-systems-view-of-hybrid-cv-dv-quantum-computing/

The IISWC 2026 Tutorial & Workshop CFP is officially OPEN!
📢 If you are working on simulation tools, evaluation methodologies, or emerging domains like AI/ML and Cloud, submit your session proposals.
Sept 27, 2026 Boulder, Colorado Submit to: [email protected]
https://iiswc.org/iiswc2026/cftw.html
#IISWC2026 #ComputerArchitecture #Benchmarking #WorkloadCharacterization

80386 Memory Pipeline

https://nand2mario.github.io/posts/2026/80386_memory_pipeline/

#HackerNews #80386 #Memory #Pipeline #computerarchitecture #vintagecomputing #techhistory #hardwaredesign

Visualizing CPU Pipelining (2024)

https://timmastny.com/blog/visualizing-cpu-pipelining/

#HackerNews #CPU #Pipelining #Visualization #Technology #Development #2024 #ComputerArchitecture

Intel 486 CPU announced April 10, 1989

https://dfarq.homeip.net/intel-486-cpu-announced-april-10-1989/

#HackerNews #Intel486 #CPU #History #TechNews #RetroComputing #ComputerArchitecture

Arm Releases First-Ever Silicon Product to Solve Agentic AI Challenges
https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/arm-releases-first-ever-silicon-product-solve-agentic-challenges/

#AgenticAI #DataCenter #ComputerArchitecture #SiliconEngineering #ArtificialIntelligence