Notes on Intel Microcode Updates

Reverse-engineering Intel's microcode update mechanism.

to cpu intel microcode reverse-engineering security ... on 16 June 2014

Laughton Electronics | does what other contractors can't or won't

Some great reverse engineering, and a couple of interesting homebrew CPU designs: a 14500-ish 1-bit CPU using an EPROM, and a 24-bit extension to the 6502.

to 6502 cpu electronics homebrew microcontroller microprocessor repair reverse-engineering ... on 27 April 2014

GeekDot - GeekDot - home of real men's hardware

Collector of interesting old hardware -- including lots of transputer stuff. If you want to know how to install Helios or max out the RAM on a transputer card -- or build your own TRAMs! -- this is the place to look...

to cpu electronics hpc occam retrocomputing tram transputer ... on 13 December 2013

Jonah Probell - The Lexra Story

Why Lexra CPUs (which you're mostly likely to encounter in Realtek router chips) don't have some of the MIPS instructions.

to cpu lexra mips processor-design ... on 16 April 2013

Libcpu

LLVM-based generic CPU emulation library.

to cpu emulation llvm software ... on 15 January 2013

Dave Brooks' Homepage

Homebrew computing (Simplex-III), world exploration, etc.

to cpu electronics homebrew retrocomputing travel ... on 31 December 2012

Dieter's Homepage.

Homebrew CPUs. Made from transistors. Extremely impressive.

to cpu electronics homebrew ... on 08 April 2012

The J1 Forth CPU — excamera

Forth CPU in an FPGA.

to architecture cpu forth fpga ... on 26 March 2012

Stack Computers: the new wave -- an on-line book

A late-80s overview of stack-based processors.

to architecture cpu forth stack transputer ... on 23 March 2012

The problem with prefetch [LWN.net]

The benefits of just trusting the CPU.

to caching ce0813 cpu performance ... on 18 June 2011