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These days, when most folks think of a computer they imagine a machine with multiple CPUs, several gigabytes of RAM, and a few terabytes of non-volatile storage for good measure. …read more Continue reading CH32V003 Makes for Dirt Cheap RISC-V Computer
When you design an electronic badge, the goal is to make a device that’s interesting and has enough depth to keep your attendees engaged for the duration of the con …read more Continue reading Supercon 2023: Exploring the Elegance of the Voja4
Full disclosure: [Óscar] isn’t nine now, but he was in 1988 when he wrote LOCS, a drawing program in Z80 assembly modeled after Logo. You can see a demo of …read more Continue reading A Nine-Year-Old’s Z80 Drawing Program
[Raymond Chen] wondered why the x86 ENTER instruction had a strange second parameter that seems to always be set to zero. If you’ve ever wondered, [Raymond] explains what he learned …read more Continue reading x86 ENTER: What’s that Second Parameter?
This week, [Al Williams] wrote a great thought piece about whether or not it was worth learning an assembly language at all anymore, and when. The comments overflowed, and we’re …read more Continue reading Who’s Afraid of Assembly Language?
A few days ago, I ran into an online post where someone pointed out the book “Learn to Program with Assembly” and asked if anyone had ever learned assembly language …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: Learn Assembly First, Last, or Never?
A recent edition of [Babbage’s] The Chip Letter discusses the obscurity of assembly language. He points out, and I think correctly, that assembly language is more often read than written, …read more Continue reading A Literate Assembly Language
You might think assembly language on a PC is passe. After all, we have a host of efficient high-level languages and plenty of resources. But there are times you want …read more Continue reading It isn’t WebAssembly, but it is Assembly in Your Browser
In the days before computers usually used off-the-shelf CPU chips, people who needed a CPU often used something called “bitslice.” The idea was to have a building block chip that …read more Continue reading Assembly Language 80’s Minicomputer Style
The ARM processor is popping up everywhere. From Raspberry Pis, to phones, to Blue Pill Arduino-like boards, you don’t have to go far to find an ARM processor these days. …read more Continue reading ARM Programming by Example