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Die analysis of the 8087 math coprocessor's fast bit shifter (2020) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | get Intel 8087 Math Coprocessor → | tags: 8087, math coprocessor, bit shifter

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Die analysis of the 8087 math coprocessor's fast bit shifter (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | get Intel 8087 Math Coprocessor → | tags: 8087, math coprocessor, bit shifter

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Intel and AMD are teaming up to make x86 CPUs better at AI, without needing a GPU (techspot.com)

2026-06-22 | by Skye Jacobs | get Intel AI Accelerator Card → | tags: intel, amd, x86

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Intel and AMD unveil new x86 standard to make CPUs better at running AI models (techspot.com)

2026-06-22 | by Skye Jacobs | get Intel Core i9 Processor → | tags: intel, amd, x86

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AI Compute Extensions (ACE) Specification (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | get AI Compute Extensions (ACE) Kit → | tags: ace, avx, x86

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[x86] AI Compute Extensions (ACE) Specification (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-18 | get Intel Xeon Scalable Processor → | tags: x86, ace, avx

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This handheld x86 mini-computer is heading to Kickstarter with swappable accessories and 4G LTE (techspot.com)

2026-06-17 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get Raspberry Pi 4 Kit → | tags: mogozen, cg deck, intel n150

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The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-16 | by Raymond Chen | get x86 Emulator Debugging Kit → | tags: x86-32, binary translation, windows

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Dwarf Fortress in the Browser (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-15 | get Dwarf Fortress Official Guide → | tags: dwarf fortress, novnc, docker

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Tribblix: The retro Illumos distribution (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-14 | get Illumos Retro Computing Kit → | tags: illumos, tribblix, sparc

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Capstone – multi-platform, multi-architecture disassembly framework (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-03 | get Radare2 Disassembly Framework → | tags: capstone, disassembly framework, arm

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A new register allocator for ZJIT (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-27 | by Aaron Patterson | tags: zjit, register allocator, christian wimmer

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What it takes to transpose a matrix (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-24 | get Matrix Transpose Tool → | tags: x86_64, simd, mmx

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Wake up! 16b (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-24 | get Smart Wake-Up Light Alarm → | tags: x86 assembly, algorithmic density, rainbow surf

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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Investigating Split Locks on x86-64 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-08 | by Chester Lam | get Intel 12th Gen Core i7 → | tags: x86-64, split locks, intel

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Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-07 | get Intel 486 Processor Upgrade → | tags: linux kernel, intel 486, linus torvalds

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Show HN: A (marginally) useful x86-64 ELF executable in 301 bytes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-06 | get Tiny ELF Executable Kit → | tags: x86-64, elf executable, linux

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Linux Finally Starts Removing Support for Intel's 37-Year-Old i486 Processor (slashdot.org)

2026-04-06 | by Posted | get Intel i486 Processor Emulator → | tags: linux, intel, linux kernel

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The Evolution of x86 SIMD: From SSE to AVX-512 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | by Burak Güngör | get Intel AVX-512 Processor → | tags: x86 simd, sse, avx-512