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Time to create a computer that runs entirely from disk without copying anything into RAM.


It's called XIP, and it's as weird as you'd expect: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execute_in_place


That’s how the old cartridge-based game consoles worked: the cartridge contacts are the processor’s memory bus, and it executed directly off of the ROM chip inside the cartridge.




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