The beauty of the CPU
From The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser by Hussein Nasser
May 9, 2025 · 10 min
About this episode
The episode explores the fundamental aspects of the CPU, providing a break from contemporary AI topics.
If you are bored of contemporary topics of AI and need a breather, I invite you to join me to explore a mundane, fundamental and earthy topic. The CPU. A reading of my substack article https://hnasr.substack.com/p/the-beauty-of-the-cpu
People in this episode
Host: Hussein Nasser
Topics covered
- CPU
- technology
- fundamental concepts
- hardware
- computing
Keywords
- CPU
- technology
- hardware
- computing
- fundamental concepts
- Substack
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Substack
Books & works: The beauty of the CPU
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