Very Wrong Math(charlespetzold.com)

161 points by breadbox 1 year ago | 82 comments

The Pentium contains a complicated circuit to multiply by three(righto.com)

354 points by Tomte 1 year ago | 138 comments

Ken Shirriff's blog post reverse-engineering the Pentium's ×3 multiplier circuit, used in its base-8 floating-point multiplication, and explaining how it works.

Caesar's Last Breath(charliesabino.com)

170 points by charliesabino 1 year ago | 71 comments

Mary Queen of Scots Channel Anamorphosis, a 3D Simulation(charlespetzold.com)

9 points by nih 1 year ago | 0 comments

The Mary Queen of Scots Channel Anamorphosis: A 3D Simulation(charlespetzold.com)

75 points by warrenm 1 year ago | 13 comments

Is This a Branch? (2021)(bartwronski.com)

22 points by segfaultbuserr 3 years ago | 6 comments