Lemmy
20 Jun 2026 09:32
To study how chips really work, MIT researchers built their own operating system
The new "Fractal" operating system kernel, developed at MIT, gives researchers a clearer look at how computer chips work internally. It was used to study the branch predictors inside Apple's M1 processor, where it revealed a potential vulnerability to major speculative attacks.
So it's basically OS with only purpose to explore how cpu works as far as I get it. Seems pretty interesting and usable for projects that work mainly on low level. But it's interesting why results different between M1 and Intel or AMD chips? Maybe it's because M1 is arm architecture but I am not sure
20 Jun 2026 10:01
Are you telling me the nerds at the #1 nerd university were able to make their own OS??
20 Jun 2026 10:31
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