Chapter
Building Your Own Computer and Compiler
07:02 - 12:10 (05:08)
The episode discusses the history of computer architecture and mentions how at ETH, students were challenged to build their own computer, compiler and operating system as part of a course.
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The speaker reminisces about his love for programming, initially sparked by his experience with the National Semiconductor NS 1603-2 computer and procedural abstraction techniques like Pascal and structured programming.
07:02 - 10:46 (03:43)
Programming
Summary
The speaker reminisces about his love for programming, initially sparked by his experience with the National Semiconductor NS 1603-2 computer and procedural abstraction techniques like Pascal and structured programming.
ChapterBuilding Your Own Computer and Compiler
Episode#160 – Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker discusses the evolution of computer architecture from the research on RISC to the modern super scalar architectures of today, and how he shifted from physics to computer science due to the growing opportunity in the computing space.
10:46 - 12:10 (01:24)
Computer Architecture
Summary
The speaker discusses the evolution of computer architecture from the research on RISC to the modern super scalar architectures of today, and how he shifted from physics to computer science due to the growing opportunity in the computing space.