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Destroying x86_64 instruction decoders with differential fuzzing | Trail of Bits Blog edit / delete

A neat use of fuzzing.

to cpu fuzzing security testing x86 ... on 29 June 2020

Relaxed-Memory Concurrency edit / delete

"This page collects work by a group of people working to develop mathematically rigorous and usable semantics for multiprocessor programs." The gap between what the manual says, what the processor actually does, and what programmers can reason about -- lots of interesting stuff.

to architecture cmp202 concurrency cpu memory-models ... on 24 October 2018

The Web Site to Remember National Semiconductor's Series 32000 Family edit / delete

As used by the Acorn Cambridge Workstation, and a variety of other wacky platforms. Now with an FPGA implementation that can run NetBSD! Lots of interesting stuff.

to 16032 32016 cpu fpga national-semiconductor pc532 retrocomputing ... on 21 June 2016

DTACK GROUNDED Archive edit / delete

"The Journal of Simple 68000 Systems".

to 68000 cpu electronics motorola retrocomputing ... on 03 March 2016

Микроконтроллеры и микропроцессоры / Продукты / Ангстрем edit / delete

Russian electronics company Angstrem, who still advertise their PDP-11 and VAX clone CPUs. I wonder whether they sell them in hobbyist quantities?

to cpu electronics pdp11 retrocomputing russia soviet vax ... on 24 June 2015

Микросхемы edit / delete

Forum for Belorussian electronics company Transistor, where one of the moderators has been enthusiastically digging up and scanning old datasheets. This includes the KA1835 PDP-11 clone series, as used in the Elektronika MK-90.

to cpu datasheet electronics pdp11 retrocomputing soviet ... on 24 June 2015

Zusie - My Relay Computer edit / delete

This includes the seemingly-standard cheat of using semiconductor RAM, though... still a very neat project!

to cpu homebrew relay retrocomputing ... on 17 March 2015

Gordon Bell: Computers, Projects, Patents, Books, and Papers edit / delete

This includes electronic versions of many of his classic books on computer architecture -- very good stuff.

to ag0803 architecture cpu design electronics etext performance retrocomputing ... on 18 January 2015

Modern Microprocessors - A 90 Minute Guide! edit / delete

This covers nearly all of the architecture side of AG0803, and some more stuff besides; a nice overview.

to ag0803 architecture cpu memory performance pipelining superscalar ... on 24 August 2014

CPU-World.com forums :: View topic - Birdman's Die Shot Collection edit / delete

Links to pictures of all sorts of CPUs. (The one I was after -- the Russian 8085 clone -- isn't here, though!)

to chip cpu die electronics photo semiconductor ... on 22 August 2014