How Computers “Think”

The guiding question

How does a piece of thoughtless silicon become a machine that can run any program?

Episodes

1. 1Bits and Number Bases: Binary, Hex, Two’s ComplementPublished
2. 2Floating Point: Why 0.1 + 0.2 ≠ 0.3Coming soon
3. 3From Logic Gates to an AdderComing soon
4. 4Memory and Addressing: How One Byte Is FoundComing soon
5. 5One CPU Cycle: Fetch, Decode, ExecuteComing soon
6. 6Pipelines and Branch PredictionComing soon
7. 7Caches: Why Sequential Access Beats Random Access by 10× or MoreComing soon
8. 8Virtual Memory and Page TablesComing soon
9. 9Compilers: From Source Code to Machine CodeComing soon
10. 10OS Scheduling and Context SwitchesComing soon
11. 11File Systems: What a File Looks Like on DiskComing soon
12. 12Finale: From a Key Press to Text on ScreenComing soon