Archive - Computer, Enhance!

Block Interleaving

Breaking up dependency chains to better suit the processor's out-of-order scheduling gets most of the benefit of in-order interleaving without requiring…

21 hrs ago

35:48

The Ethics of Generative AI

Listen now | What is the appropriate ethical framework for thinking about generative AI?

Apr 23

1:14:51

Q&A #84 (2026-04-20)

Answers to questions from the last Q&A thread.

Apr 21

30:32

Listen now | Why do people seem to be having such drastically different experiences with AI from one another?

Apr 16 • Casey Muratori and Demetri Spanos

1:10:15

In-order Interleaving

By handing the CPU an instruction stream it can execute in order, we can exceed the limits we hit when we rely on its out-of-order execution…

Apr 16

38:11

My Thoughts on Notch's DLSS Post

The creator of Minecraft recently made a (controversial?) post about DLSS. I wanted to add some relevant context about GPU hardware.

Apr 3 • Casey Muratori

1:21:18

March 2026

Making Sense of the Hype

Using the Anthropic C compiler post as an example, Demetri proposes a two-axis approach for assessing claims about AI.

Mar 13 • Casey Muratori and Demetri Spanos

1:14:17

Q&A #83 (2026-03-11)

Answers to questions from the last Q&A thread.

Mar 12

1:16:33

Should You Be A Carpenter?

Is entering the "knowledge economy" today too risky given the field's increasing focus on AI?

Mar 5 • Casey Muratori and Demetri Spanos

1:48:11

Dependency Chain Stalls

The CPU's ability to extract parallelism has its limits.

Mar 4

29:55

January 2026

The Sitdown: Types of DRAM and the DRAM Shortage

On Wednesday mornings, I am often a guest on The Standup podcast. It’s a wide-audience podcast, so we don’t go too in-depth on any particular topic. To…

Jan 31 • Casey Muratori

1:56:12

Q&A #82 (2026-01-27)

Answers to questions from the last Q&A thread.

Jan 27

48:27

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