diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index e7af3a1..b87f1a6 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ SRCFILES += $(call GRABSRC, \
               proc/kproc \
               proc/ps2kbproc \
               proc/termproc \
+              proc/serialproc \
               hal \
               hal/$(ARCH) \
               std \
diff --git a/kernel/hal/x86_64/hal.c b/kernel/hal/x86_64/hal.c
index 581dff4..e08a4ba 100644
--- a/kernel/hal/x86_64/hal.c
+++ b/kernel/hal/x86_64/hal.c
@@ -2,17 +2,12 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include "hal/hal.h"
 #include "kprintf.h"
-#include "serial.h"
 #include "gdt.h"
 #include "intr.h"
 #include "pic.h"
 #include "pit.h"
 
 void hal_init(void) {
-  if (!serial_init()) {
-    hal_hang(); // going further makes no sense
-  }
-  LOG("hal", "serial init\n");
   gdt_init();
   intr_init();
   pic_init();
diff --git a/kernel/hal/x86_64/serial.c b/kernel/hal/x86_64/serial.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 62a3211..0000000
--- a/kernel/hal/x86_64/serial.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdint.h>
-#include <stdbool.h>
-#include "io.h"
-#include "putchar.h"
-
-#define SERIAL_PORT 0x3f8
-
-static int serial_received(void) {
-  return io_in8(SERIAL_PORT + 5) & 1;
-}
-
-static uint8_t serial_read(void) {
-  while (serial_received() == 0);
-  return io_in8(SERIAL_PORT);
-}
-
-static int serial_trans_empty(void) {
-  return io_in8(SERIAL_PORT + 5) & 0x20;
-}
-
-static void serial_write(uint8_t value) {
-  while (!serial_trans_empty());
-  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT, value);
-}
-
-// REFERENCE: https://wiki.osdev.org/Serial_Ports
-bool serial_init(void) {
-  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 1, 0x00); 
-  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 3, 0x80); 
-  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 0, 0x03);
-  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 1, 0x00);
-  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 3, 0x03);
-  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 2, 0xc7);
-  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 4, 0x0b);
-  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 4, 0x1e);
-  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 0, 0xae);
-
-  if (io_in8(SERIAL_PORT + 0) != 0xae) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 4, 0x0f);
-  return true;
-}
-
-#if PUTCHAR_ == PUTCHAR_SERIAL
-  // For printf library
-  void putchar_(char c) {
-    serial_write(c);
-  }
-#endif
diff --git a/kernel/hal/x86_64/serial.h b/kernel/hal/x86_64/serial.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 9eaba89..0000000
--- a/kernel/hal/x86_64/serial.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef HAL_SERIAL_H_
-#define HAL_SERIAL_H_
-
-#include <stdbool.h>
-
-bool serial_init(void);
-
-#endif // HAL_SERIAL_H_
diff --git a/kernel/proc/proc.c b/kernel/proc/proc.c
index 63f6868..8d947dc 100644
--- a/kernel/proc/proc.c
+++ b/kernel/proc/proc.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "kproc/kproc.h"
 #include "ps2kbproc/ps2kbproc.h"
 #include "termproc/termproc.h"
+#include "serialproc/serialproc.h"
 
 #define PROC_REAPER_FREQ 30
 
@@ -298,6 +299,9 @@ void proc_init(void) {
   termproc_init(proc_spawnkern(&termproc_fn, "termproc"));
   proc_register(TERMPROC);
 
+  serialproc_init(proc_spawnkern(&serialproc_fn, "serialproc"));
+  proc_register(SERIALPROC);
+
   Proc *init = proc_spawnuser("base", "/bin/init");
   init->pipes[0] = TERMPROC->pipes[1];
   proc_register(init);
diff --git a/kernel/proc/serialproc/serialproc.c b/kernel/proc/serialproc/serialproc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36650cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/proc/serialproc/serialproc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include "proc/proc.h"
+#include "ipc/pipe/pipe.h"
+#include "hal/hal.h"
+#include "dlmalloc/malloc.h"
+
+#define SERIAL_PORT 0x3f8
+
+Proc *SERIALPROC;
+
+void serialproc_init(Proc *proc) {
+  SERIALPROC = proc;
+  SERIALPROC->pipes[0] = dlmalloc(sizeof(IpcPipe));
+  ipc_pipeinit(SERIALPROC->pipes[0]);
+  SERIALPROC->pipes[1] = dlmalloc(sizeof(IpcPipe));
+  ipc_pipeinit(SERIALPROC->pipes[1]);
+  
+  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 1, 0x00); 
+  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 3, 0x80); 
+  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 0, 0x03);
+  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 1, 0x00);
+  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 3, 0x03);
+  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 2, 0xc7);
+  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 4, 0x0b);
+  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 4, 0x1e);
+  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 0, 0xae);
+
+  if (io_in8(SERIAL_PORT + 0) != 0xae) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT + 4, 0x0f);
+}
+
+int serialproc_received(void) {
+  return io_in8(SERIAL_PORT + 5) & 1;
+}
+
+uint8_t serialproc_read(void) {
+  while (serialproc_received() == 0);
+  return io_in8(SERIAL_PORT);
+}
+
+int serialproc_trans_empty(void) {
+  return io_in8(SERIAL_PORT + 5) & 0x20;
+}
+
+void serialproc_write(uint8_t value) {
+  while (!serialproc_trans_empty());
+  io_out8(SERIAL_PORT, value);
+}
+
+void serialproc_fn(void) {
+  char buf[0x100];
+  for (;;) {
+
+    hal_memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+    int32_t read = ipc_piperead(SERIALPROC->pipes[1], (uint8_t *)buf, sizeof(buf));
+    if (read > 0) {
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(buf); i++) {
+        serialproc_write(buf[i]);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (serialproc_received() == 0) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    uint8_t inchar = io_in8(SERIAL_PORT);
+    ipc_pipewrite(SERIALPROC->pipes[0], &inchar, sizeof(inchar));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/kernel/proc/serialproc/serialproc.h b/kernel/proc/serialproc/serialproc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7ec7bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/proc/serialproc/serialproc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#ifndef PROC_SERIALPROC_SERIALPROC_H_
+#define PROC_SERIALPROC_SERIALPROC_H_
+
+#include "proc/proc.h"
+
+extern Proc *SERIALPROC;
+
+void serialproc_init(Proc *proc);
+void serialproc_fn(void);
+
+#endif // PROC_SERIALPROC_SERIALPROC_H_
diff --git a/user/init/main.c b/user/init/main.c
index 852f423..e46fd3e 100644
--- a/user/init/main.c
+++ b/user/init/main.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ void main(void) {
 
     if (read > 0 && (kbchar >= 0x20 && kbchar <= 0x7F)) {
       uprintf("%c", (char)kbchar);
+      ipcpipe(3, 1, IPCPIPE_WRITE, (uint8_t *)&kbchar, 1);
     }
   }