A brief introduction to cache organization
As a software programmer, I always had a vague understanding of how an operating system fetches data from memory. At an abstract level, I understood that a pro...
Author: Matt Chung
Defusing a Binary Bomb (phase 1)
Defusing a Binary Bomb (phase 1) I password protected the original post (email me for the password if you are interested in reading it). When I posted the orig...
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How does the modulus operator work?
As a programmer, I’ve written a line or two of code that includes the modulus operator (i.e. “return x % 2“). But, never have I paused to thi...
Here’s some assembly instructions … now write the corresponding C code
A wide grin formed on my face, after successfully completing an exercise (from Computer Systems a Programmer’s perspective) that required me to write C co...
Let’s get lower than Python
Like a huge swath of other millennial, I dibbled and dabbled in building websites —writing in html, css, and javascript—during my youth, but these days, I prima...
Calculating page table entry size
How many page table entries are required given a virtual address size and page size? I was confronted with this question when reading Computer Systems from a pr...
Graduate record examination (GRE) in 2 months
I’m pursuing a master’s degree in computer science and most of the schools I’m applying to— Seattle University, University of Washington, Univ...
Reflections on 1984
Working the normal nine to five job leaves little time for personal reading, which is why every morning, as soon as I situate myself on the bus, I immediately r...