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31.

80386 Microcode Disassembled (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-23 | get Intel 80386 Microprocessor Kit → | tags: 80386, microcode, ken shirriff

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The Immersive ’86 Eighty-Six’ Audiobook Goes Harder Than the Anime Ever Did (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-20 | get Eighty-Six Light Novel Audiobook → | tags: crunchyroll, yen press, 86 eighty-six

33.

This Week Feels Like Christmas for Fans of ‘Transformers: The Movie’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-19 | get Transformers Movie Collectible → | tags: transformers, the movie, 1986

34.

Reviving old scanners with an in-browser Linux VM bridged to WebUSB over USB/IP (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-18 | get USB to Ethernet Adapter → | tags: canon, v86, sane

35.

WriteUp: 16 Bytes of x86 that turn Matrix rain into sound (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-17 | get USB MIDI Controller → | tags: x86 assembly, demoscene, vga text mode

36.

AMD keeps gaining on Intel in servers, but desktop PCs tell a different story (techspot.com)

2026-05-15 | get AMD Ryzen Desktop Processor → | tags: amd, intel, epyc

37.

Understanding the Linux Kernel: The Linux Kernel Startup (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-14 | by Jesús Espino | get Linux Kernel T-Shirt → | tags: linux kernel, boot process, x86_64

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AMD reaches 46% of server x86 CPU revenue — Intel still controls 70% of the consumer PC market share (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-14 | by Anton Shilov | get AMD Ryzen 9 Processor → | tags: amd, intel, mercury research

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AMD's legendary K5, its first independently-designed processor, is being removed from the Linux kernel — 4.3-million-transistor chip gets the axe because it lacks Time Stamp Counter (TSC) support, making it a coding burden (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-10 | by Mark Tyson | tags: amd, linux kernel, tsc

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Apple reportedly strikes deal for Intel to make some of its chips — two tech giants reached a preliminary agreement for Intel to make processors for Cupertino (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Jowi Morales | get Intel Processor Compatibility Kit → | tags: apple, intel, tsmc

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AMD Ryzen AI 5 435G APU breaks cover in early benchmarks — six-core Zen 5 chip goes head-to-head with the Ryzen 5 8600G for budget PC builders (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-04 | by Zhiye Liu | get AMD Ryzen 5 435G Processor → | tags: amd, ryzen ai 5 435g, zen 5

42.

Comparing the Z80 and 6502 to Their Relatives (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-03 | by Michael Martin | get Retro Computing Kit → | tags: z80, 6502, intel 8080

43.

45 years later, earliest DOS source code transcribed from a stack of old printouts found in a garage — code was open-sourced to mark 86-DOS 1.00’s anniversary (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-02 | by Mark Tyson | get MS-DOS 1.0 Collector's Edition → | tags: dos, microsoft, tim paterson

44.

Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date" (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-30 | get Microsoft MS-DOS Source Code Kit → | tags: ms-dos, microsoft, 86-dos

45.

GitHub – DOS 1.0: Transcription of Tim Paterson's DOS Printouts (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-29 | tags: dos 1.0, tim paterson, 86-dos

46.

WASM is not quite a stack machine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-28 | get WebAssembly Developer Book → | tags: wasm, stack machine, x86 assembly

47.

8087 Emulation on 8086 Systems (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-24 | by Posted On | get Intel 8087 Math Co-Processor → | tags: 8087, intel, 8086

48.

You can now run Linux on your ancient Windows 95 desktop with a new tool — very old Windows PCs, back to Intel 486, can cooperatively run very modern Linux kernels with WSL9x (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-23 | by Mark Tyson | get Linux on Windows 95 Emulator → | tags: windows 95, wsl9x, linux kernel

49.

XOR'ing a register with itself is the idiom for zeroing it out. Why not sub? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-22 | by Raymond Chen | get Bitwise Subtract Zero Keychain → | tags: x86, compiler explorer, xor instruction

50.

Retro gamers need to check out this PS2 emulator that’s optimized for your handheld console (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-21 | get PlayStation 2 Emulator for Handheld → | tags: ps2 emulator, netherx2, snapdragon 865

51.

It is incorrect to "normalize" // in HTTP URL paths (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-18 | get URL Path Normalization Guide → | tags: http, uri, rfc 3986

52.

Kefir C17/C23 Compiler (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | get Kefir C17 Compiler Book → | tags: kefir compiler, c17 standard, c23 standard

53.

Writing string.h functions using string instructions in asm x86-64 (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | get x86-64 Assembly String Instruction Kit → | tags: string.h, x86-64, memcpy

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Writing string.h functions using string instructions in asm x86-64 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | get x86-64 Assembly String Instructions → | tags: string.h, x86-64, memcpy

55.

80386 Memory Pipeline (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-14 | by Retro Gaming | get Intel 80386 Processor → | tags: 80386, fpga, virtual memory

56.

Show HN: Kontext CLI – Credential broker for AI coding agents in Go (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-14 | get Go Programming Language Book → | tags: kontext, cli, github

57.

Double Dazzle: The First of April's Two Meteor Showers Is About to Begin (cnet.com)

2026-04-12 | by See Full Bio | get Meteor Shower Viewing Kit → | tags: lyrid, eta aquariids, orion spacecraft

58.

Intel Xpress Resurrection: Reviving a Forgotten EISA Beast (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-12 | by Doc Tb | get Intel Xpress Resurrection Kit → | tags: intel xpress, eisa motherboard, pentium 60 mhz

59.

Intel 486 CPU announced April 10, 1989 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-10 | by Dave Farquhar | get Intel 486 Processor → | tags: intel 486, comdex, infoworld

60.

Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-10 | get Microsoft Developer Account Badge → | tags: microsoft, wireguard, veracrypt