Microprocessor's Romance with Integers

An article I wrote on how subtraction (or basic arithmetic) works inside the processor. I wondered it one day and went deep into up till registers. This resulted in me learning about how exactly CPU executes code.<p>Its from a few years back but never posted on HN. The content is timeless because basics stay more or less the same.<p>Let me know your honest thoughts. I love going deep into questions my mind gets stuck on. Let me know if you want me to continue this deep dive:D

&gt;_The fetch decode execute cycle architected by Sir John von Neumann. Every digital computer follows this cycle to run machine code._<p>Harvard Architecture and Modified Harvard Architecture do exist as well.

This is a long winded explanation of twos complement binary arithmetic. I&#x27;m sure some readers can benefit from it, but probably not most of the HN crowd.

It&#x27;s probably worth mentioning that this representation of numbers is neither the only possible in computers nor the optimal for all imaginable applications.

&quot;Sir John von Neumann&quot;?