Work in computer systems covers the design and implementation of computer hardware and software, including architecture, operating systems, programming languages, security and networking.

The team behind scripting language PHP has announced PHP version 8.0, a major release that may require developers to review code for any breaking changes. This ...

This course provides an overview of System Programming for the Linux operating system, or software which is interfacing directly with the Linux Kernel and C library. The basic components of a Linux ...

[Editor's note: Part 2 shows how to optimize DSP kernels (i.e., inner loops), and how to write fast floating-point and fractional code. Part 4 explains why it is important to optimize “control code,” ...