Archive - The Chip Letter

Computer Architecture: Foundational Reading

Four alternative texts on computer architecture

Jul 21 •

Intel Everywhere - The 8051 in Detail

The story of the Intel 8051 Series - Part 2

Jul 16 •

Intel Everywhere

The Story of the Intel 8051 Series - Part 1

Jul 9 •

Updating 'About the Chip Letter'

And sharing more about future posts

Jul 2 •

New to The Chip Letter? Start Here!

Jul 1 •

June 2024

What killed the 68000?

And could it have survived?

Jun 24 •

SPUR - RISC IV: The LISP Multiprocessor Workstation

The hugely ambitious 'Symbolic Processing Using RISC' project from UC Berkeley

Jun 18 •

Demystifying NPUs: Questions & Answers

Let's answer some 'what', 'why' and 'hows' for the Neural Processing Unit.

Jun 10 •

The Alchemy of Scale Transformation

Scale, economics and innovation.

Jun 4 •

May 2024

Motorola's 68000 Series: Its Rise in Ten Computers

A timeline of the 68000, its successors and the computers they powered.

May 27 •

SOAR-ing with Smalltalk: Berkeley RISC-III

'Smalltalk On A RISC' and three mysteries!

May 19 •

Compiler Explorer

Or the 'Matt Godbolt shows us some compiler magic' edition!

May 14 •

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