This is crazy. Someone managed to run #Linux (v4.4) on an #Intel 4004 #CPU from 1971, one of the first commercially available microprocessors ever.
The craziest part: It became possible by writing a #MIPS #R3000 #emulator in 4004 #assembler that fits into the 4096 bytes of addressable memory. The emulator then runs the kernel. My mind is blown.
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