Show HN: Homemade 32-bit CPU and OS (2015) [video]

Re:Show HN: Homemade 32-bit CPU and OS (2015) [video] by db1 on Sunday June 05, 2016 @10:57PM (#11844367)

This reminds me of http://nand2tetris.org/ (and the accompanying Coursera course). It's a fantastic course to learn about computing from first principles.

The course starts off with just a few logic gates and how you can combine these to make more complicated circuits. These are in turn combined to reach higher levels of abstraction, until you finally have a 16bit computer, with 16K of ram. It's a really cool course that helped me flesh out my understanding of what's going in my computer.

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Re:Show HN: Homemade 32-bit CPU and OS (2015) [video] by nul_byte on Monday June 06, 2016 @07:57AM (#11846079)

Quick question if I may. I have a very keen interest in trying this course...is what you build (hack) using actual physical circuits / components? Or do you run it all in simulation?

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Re:Show HN: Homemade 32-bit CPU and OS (2015) [video] by d0mine on Monday June 06, 2016 @12:41PM (#11848080)

You might also like the book CODE: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software http://www.charlespetzold.com/code/index.html

It starts with sending signals using flashlights and follows the evolution of computers from the ground up (mostly hardware).

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Re:Show HN: Homemade 32-bit CPU and OS (2015) [video] by projektfu on Monday June 06, 2016 @08:31AM (#11846258)

It's all simulation using a simplified HDL.

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Re:Show HN: Homemade 32-bit CPU and OS (2015) [video] by talnet on Monday June 06, 2016 @12:49AM (#11844728)

Hey thanks for the course pop up.

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