In a recent post, RISC-V Tutorial, I wrote about the history of RISC-V. The "V" is the Roman numeral for five. Hence, this is pronounced "risk five." With a five in the name like that, the obvious question is, "What were RISCs 1 to 4?". In fact, ther...

How IBM stumbled on to RISC, in the 70s. Via Hackaday.

  • @jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    10•6 months ago

    These silicon dye images are something I really love. I’d love to have physical printouts of these die images on my wall

    • oleorunEnglish
      4•6 months ago

      Same! They’re like little cities with freeways, factories, etc.