A Pseudo-Random Walk Through Instruction Sets, CPUs, and Fabs

An overview of the design constraints, economics, and inter-dependencies of instruction sets, CPUs, and fabs.

Jack Mills has been in the computing industry for more than 25 years inside Silicon Valley creating software, silicon, cloud, and blockchain systems, including more than 10 years at Intel as computer architect and Director of Research. He has managed, and been a member of, teams designing a VLIW mini-supercomputer, multiple instruction sets & CPUs, compilers, virtual machines, and distributed systems.

Free lunch is provided.