Hacker News80386 Early Start Memory Access
8086 Segmented Memory was a good idea
https://owl.billpg.com/8086-segmented-memory-was-a-good-idea-almost/
The ISA Doesn't Matter Where It Counts
https://www.chipstrat.com/p/the-isa-doesnt-matter-where-it-counts
Hacker NewsThe Return of Rigorous Full-System Timing Simulation
https://www.sigarch.org/the-return-of-rigorous-full-system-timing-simulation/
#HackerNews #rigoroussimulation #fullsystemtiming #timinganalysis #computerarchitecture #technews
James NcotWhy 0.1 + 0.2 Doesn't Equal 0.3 - Floating Point Explained
Why 0.1 + 0.2 Doesn't Equal 0.3 - Floating Point Explained
80386 Microcode Disassembled
https://www.reenigne.org/blog/80386-microcode-disassembled/
#HackerNews #80386 #Microcode #Disassembly #ComputerArchitecture #RetroComputing #TechHistory
rk: it’s hyphen-minus actuallyThe 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.
SetSideBGamefinds: 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
SIGARCHMonday 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
