The Computer at the Bottom of a Canal: The Story of Rekursiv
The Rekursiv processor, created in 1988, revolutionized memory management. Its concepts are now foundational in today's technology.
At the bottom of the Forth and Clyde Canal lies the Rekursiv processor, created in 1988. This innovative chip managed memory access in hardware, performed garbage collection, and unified memory with disk storage. Despite its advanced concepts, it failed due to timing, but its ideas are now reflected in modern Arm silicon.