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Computer Architecture

  • RISC vs CISC (John R. Mashey) [43955 bytes]
  • 64 bit processors: history and rationale (John R. Mashey) [29592 bytes]
  • Big Data (John R. Mashey, Larry McVoy) [30027 bytes]
  • Self-modifying code (John R. Mashey, John Reiser, Dennis Ritchie) [24900 bytes]
  • Algorithm Analyses *Must Change* to Model Current Processors (John R. Mashey) [10337 bytes]
  • The SPEC benchmark suite (John R. Mashey) [55015 bytes]
  • Streaming data (John R. Mashey) [4655 bytes]
  • Hardware to aid debugging (John R. Mashey) [10408 bytes]
  • Message passing versus shared memory; the SGI Origin machines (John R. Mashey, John McCalpin) [73943 bytes]
  • Separate floating point registers (John R. Mashey) [14584 bytes]
  • Software-refilled TLBs (John R. Mashey, John F Carr) [70893 bytes]
  • Direct Mapped vs. Set Associative caches (John R. Mashey) [2260 bytes]
  • Byte_addressing (John R. Mashey) [2819 bytes]
  • Parity and ECC use in caches (John R. Mashey) [1549 bytes]
  • SRAM main memories (John R. Mashey) [3130 bytes]
  • Register renaming (John R. Mashey) [4955 bytes]
  • Interrupts on the MIPS processor (John R. Mashey) [7035 bytes]
  • The MVC instruction (John R. Mashey, Allen J. Baum) [15584 bytes]
  • Register windows (John Mashey) [8389 bytes]
  • Carry bits; The Architect's Trap (John R. Mashey) [8038 bytes]
  • Zero registers (John R. Mashey) [32828 bytes]
  • Virtual machines (John R. Mashey) [4749 bytes]
  • Merced/IA64 (John R. Mashey) [23688 bytes]
  • BCD instructions: RISC and CISC (John R. Mashey) [3624 bytes]
  • Stack machines (John R. Mashey) [34137 bytes]
  • Multithreaded CPUs (John R. Mashey) [11759 bytes]
  • The prospects for 128 bit processors (John R. Mashey) [8913 bytes]
  • The definition of an N bit cpu (John R. Mashey) [4027 bytes]
  • Why word sizes are powers of 2 (John R. Mashey) [5185 bytes]
  • The Tera multithreaded architecture (Preston Briggs, John R. Mashey) [11277 bytes]
  • Multiprocessor machine terminology (John R. Mashey) [8226 bytes]
  • MIPS16 (John R. Mashey) [3489 bytes]
  • Instructions per clock (John R. Mashey) [7624 bytes]
  • Endian (John R. Mashey) [2053 bytes]
  • CPU feature economics (John R. Mashey) [3860 bytes]

    Programming Languages

  • Ada (Henry Spencer) [3755 bytes]
  • The ANSI C unsigned mess (Chris Torek) [4523 bytes]
  • Array bounds checking (Henry Spencer) [4905 bytes]
  • The 64-bit integer type "long long": arguments and history. (John R. Mashey) [77321 bytes]
  • Call by name (John R. Mashey) [5717 bytes]
  • The C "volatile" qualifier (John R. Mashey) [9375 bytes]
  • Alignment and C (John R. Mashey) [5842 bytes]
  • Taking advantage of multimedia instructions (John R. Mashey) [4889 bytes]
  • Fastest integers (John R. Mashey) [6893 bytes]
  • Shift instructions and the C language (John R. Mashey) [43881 bytes]
  • Binary calling conventions (Chris Torek) [11765 bytes]
  • Compiler design (Henry Spencer) [13873 bytes]
  • The "const" qualifier in C (Chris Torek) [2444 bytes]
  • C calling conventions for main() (Dennis Ritchie) [1765 bytes]
  • GCC optimization (Chris Torek) [9693 bytes]
  • Norestrict (Linus Torvalds) [18019 bytes]
  • Signal handlers and errno (Chris Torek) [3571 bytes]
  • Standard readability (Henry Spencer) [6581 bytes]
  • Square root of a matrix (Cleve Moler) [7489 bytes]

    • Operating Systems

  • The Bourne shell (John R. Mashey) [11148 bytes]
  • Memory mapping (John R. Mashey) [4081 bytes]
  • Real time systems (John R. Mashey) [4249 bytes]
  • Linux development policy (Linus Torvalds) [2805 bytes]
  • Linux's speed (Linus Torvalds) [2297 bytes]
  • Linus Torvalds (Linus Torvalds) [2335 bytes]
  • Minix (Linus Torvalds) [3597 bytes]
  • An FTP security hole (*Hobbit*) [10500 bytes]
  • Synchronous metadata (Linus Torvalds) [4283 bytes]
  • Setuid mess (Casper H.S. Dik; Chris Torek) [14468 bytes]
  • Zombie processes (Douglas A. Gwyn) [1430 bytes]

    The Computer Business

  • The ETA Saga (Rob Peglar) [38619 bytes]
  • High-tech innovation (John Mashey) [15334 bytes]
  • Insider Trading (John R. Mashey) [14009 bytes]
  • The MIPS stock glitch (John R. Mashey) [5395 bytes]
  • The chip making business (John R. Mashey) [30676 bytes]
  • Bell Labs and stupid lawsuits (John R. Mashey) [2106 bytes]
  • SGI's customers (John R. Mashey) [24248 bytes]
  • SGI and the movies (John R. Mashey) [18218 bytes]
  • SGI and high-end graphics (John R. Mashey, John F Carr) [18963 bytes]
  • SGI and Windows NT (John R. Mashey) [8183 bytes]
  • Out-of-print books and tax law (Henry Spencer) [1478 bytes]
  • Software patents (Dennis Ritchie) [2127 bytes]
  • Copy protection (John De Armond) [5113 bytes]
  • MIPS prospects (old) (John R. Mashey) [31940 bytes]
  • Media reports (John R. Mashey) [6087 bytes]
  • High tech stocks (John R. Mashey) [19025 bytes]
  • Computer spending (John R. Mashey) [3943 bytes]

    Hardware

  • Reseating circuit boards (Henry Spencer) [782 bytes]
  • Ethernet encoding (Henry Spencer) [1647 bytes]
  • Ethernet grounding (Henry Spencer) [1064 bytes]
  • The Ethernet patent (Henry Spencer) [1148 bytes]
  • IC desoldering (John De Armond) [1219 bytes]
  • Non-parity memory (Henry Spencer) [3248 bytes]
  • RS232 signals (1;8585) (anon) [8585 bytes]
  • RS232 RTS/CTS lines (Henry Spencer) [2000 bytes]
  • Tales (anon) [2483 bytes]
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