#processorhistory — Public Fediverse posts
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🤓 Ken Shirriff's blog is back with another thrilling installment of "Things No One Asked For," this time diving into the prefetch queue of a processor from the Reagan era. 🎉 Because, clearly, what the world was missing is a deep dive into 16-byte queues from 1985 that even your toaster has outpaced. 🚀
http://www.righto.com/2025/05/386-prefetch-circuitry-reverse-engineered.html #KenShirriff #ThingsNoOneAskedFor #ProcessorHistory #RetroTech #1985Tech #HackerNews #ngated