Notebook
Long-form notes from the hardware/software boundary — silicon, systems programming, and the things that break in between.
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Ventriloquist: how the processor is put together
The core of the protocol-emulator chip exists and has been through the layout tools. How four threads ended up sharing one datapath, what it cost, and what the tools found.
7 min · 1426 words - 001
Ventriloquist: can you design a chip?
Jane Street is running an ASIC design competition. Notes on what I am building for it.
12 min · 2392 words