David Smith on Nostr: I highly recommend this article to any programmer interested in how CPUs execute ...
I highly recommend this article to any programmer interested in how CPUs execute their code internally. I’ve just finished reading it and found it interesting, clear*, and surprisingly thorough.
*caveat: I was already familiar with the subject, ymmv
Next time someone says "C teaches you how computers really work" show them this: https://www.lighterra.com/papers/modernmicroprocessors/. None of this is visible from C (and most isn't visible from assembly).
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