Since the first time that I saw this here in HN I've been sharing it with several people around me. This including CS students, CS professors and non-technical people who only asked "how does a computer work?". I only say "just type 'cpu.land' and read that". This is one of the best things that I've found here.
No problem really, I think most people want to bootstrap quickly from the low level into the higher abstractions that they care about, few people want to stay down in the cpu itself.
Since the first time that I saw this here in HN I've been sharing it with several people around me. This including CS students, CS professors and non-technical people who only asked "how does a computer work?". I only say "just type 'cpu.land' and read that". This is one of the best things that I've found here.
Meanwhile, companies are taking the "You" out of the CPU so they can control your hardware and by indirection, you.
How?
Secure boot etc. It's in every ARM device, including the management engines in x64 devices (which are ARM devices).
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46574687
I think this is a good overview for most people, this is probably what they want.
For me personally I was surprised given the name that very little is about cpus and most of the material is in the operating system.
I guess I gotta write one about CPUs now ;)
No problem really, I think most people want to bootstrap quickly from the low level into the higher abstractions that they care about, few people want to stay down in the cpu itself.
> The bottom of every page is padded so readers can maintain a consistent eyeline.
God bless
Great introduction to programming fundamentals as well.
Being able to explain something this simply usually requires a very good understanding of the entire subject.
Very fine site!
Great presentation.
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