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SOAR-ing with Smalltalk: Berkeley RISC-III
'Smalltalk On A RISC' and three mysteries!
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The Paradox of x86
When a moat becomes a prison with huge economic and geopolitical consequences.
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AI Accelerators: The Cambrian Explosion
A sample of the designs that followed Google's first Tensor Processing Unit.
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Demystifying GPU Compute Architectures
Getting 'low level' with Nvidia and AMD GPUs
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Demystifying GPU Compute Architectures
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Google's First Tensor Processing Unit : Architecture
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Moore on Moore
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Tiny Computers from Texas
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Google's First Tensor Processing Unit : Origins
Why and how did Google build the first AI accelerator deployed at scale?
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Compiler Explorer
Or the 'Matt Godbolt shows us some compiler magic' edition!
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A History of C Compilers - Part 1: Performance, Portability and Freedom
Let's talk compilers with part one of a whistle stop tour of their history
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The Invention of the Integrated Circuit : Jean Hoerni's Patent Notebook
This week marks 65 years since Jean Hoerni applied for a patent for his 'planar process' a key step towards the creation of the modern monolithic…
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More on x86
Whether x86 needs to die and what about AMD?
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Nvidia's Superman
Is Jensen Huang the Seymour Cray or the Steve Jobs of his era?
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Google's First Tensor Processing Unit : Architecture
Looking in more detail at Google's first Tensor Processing Unit
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Demystifying GPU Compute Software
Comparing CUDA with its competitors
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Motorola's 6809 : The Best 8-Bit?
Part 3 of the story of the Motorola 6800
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