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December 28, 2020 AT 9:26 am

The Genius of RISC-V Microprocessors #RISCV

— by Anne Barela

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November 13, 2020 AT 10:02 am

Explaining the different types of computer memory #Computers #Electronics

— by Anne Barela

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October 16, 2020 AT 9:52 am

Building Embedded Linux Systems #Embedded #Linux #EE @jaydcarlson

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June 11, 2020 AT 3:56 pm

Inside the Am2901: AMD’s 1970s bit-slice processor #VintageComputing #DieShot @kenshirriff

— by Anne Barela

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June 2, 2020 AT 3:50 pm

Historical PDP-11 microprocessors reverse engineered #FPGA #EE #VintageComputing

— by Anne Barela

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February 12, 2020 AT 9:45 am

The NASA/ESA Solar Orbiter: flying SPARC processors #Space #Microprocessor #CPUShack @Microchip

— by Anne Barela

Filed under: microprocessors, space —
Tags: design, electronics, microprocessors, satellites, space, sparc —

November 6, 2019 AT 9:10 am

The CPU of the Day: Motorola MC68040VL #Microprocessors #Morotola #DieShots

— by Anne Barela

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Tags: #risc, 68000, microprocessor, microprocessor history, microprocessors, Motorola —

October 25, 2019 AT 10:05 am

The new 8-bit Commander X16 computer – Philosophy and Specification @pagetable

— by Anne Barela

Filed under: computers, design and architecture, microprocessors, vintage computing —
Tags: 8 Bit, microprocessors, retro computing, vintage computing —

January 22, 2019 AT 9:32 am

A chronologic history of CPUs by manufacturer #VintageComputing #RetroComputing #History #Microprocessors #Electronics

— by Anne Barela

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Tags: CPU, history, microprocessors, retrocomputing, vintage computing —

December 7, 2018 AT 4:01 pm

Visual Transistor-level Simulation of the 6502 and ARM1 CPUs #VintageComputing #Microcontrollers #History #Commodore @Arm

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December 5, 2018 AT 9:10 am

Recreating a huge 4004 microprocessor as art and history #OpenSource #VintageComputing #History #Hardware

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May 14, 2018 AT 6:00 am

Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?

— by Kelly

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