THE VIDEO SHELF · x86 processor internals
DEF CON 26 - Christopher Domas - The Ring 0 Facade Awakening the Processors Inner Demons
Christopher Domas's DEF CON 26 talk on secret processor registers that vendors reserve for third parties holding trusted keys. He examines how users are locked out of parts of their own CPUs.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters call his x86 internals talks spectacular and mention them whenever low-level processor surprises come up.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- DEFCONConference
- Topic
- x86 processor internals
- Format
- talk
- Level
- advanced
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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These links don't work for me, but the videos are on YT: - [LINK] - [VIDEO] And yes, they are spectacular.
daniel-thompson on Hacker News · 2021-08
In Compiling C Programs Into “Mov” Instructions (And Only “Mov” Instructions)Holy shit, Christopher Domas is back. I remember watching his Defcon talks on x86 shenanigans[^1][^2] and being amazed at what he's been able to discover. Then he got whisked away by Intel and now drops this. I'm excited. [^1]: [VIDEO] [^2]: [LINK]
aecsocket on Hacker News · 2026-08
In Spaghettifying DRAM
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