PickVidsBest Computer architecture & CPUs Videos
The 148 Computer architecture & CPUs videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 8 introductory, 60 intermediate, 45 for a general viewer, and 35 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a talk. What they share is that one speaker finishes a claim, and the examples exist to hold that claim up. Channels you will keep seeing include Linus Tech Tips, Ben Eater, Gamers Nexus.
SGI's $250,000 Graphics Supercomputer from 1993 - Silicon Graphics Onyx RealityEngine²
Dodoid gives an in-depth look at an SGI Onyx RealityEngine2, a $250,000 graphics supercomputer from 1993, covering its history, a physical overview, a teardown and some demos and games.
The Mill CPU Architecture – The Compiler (10 of 13)
A long Mill Computing lecture on the Mill CPU's compiler toolchain, covering the specializer that targets family members, scheduling and latency passes, and the belt.
“Too Much Thermal Paste” – Benchmark of Thermal Paste Quantity
Gamers Nexus benchmarks how the amount and application method of thermal paste affect CPU cooling.
Lest We Remember: Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keys
A short Princeton CITP video describing cold boot attacks, where encryption keys remain in DRAM after power loss and can be recovered.
The Great Debate @ARITH23: John Gustafson and William Kahan
A 95-minute recorded debate at the ARITH23 computer arithmetic conference between John Gustafson, proponent of unums/posits, and William Kahan, architect of IEEE 754 floating point.
Oral History of William David "Bill" Mensch Jr.
A Computer History Museum oral history with Bill Mensch, designer of the 6502 and 65816, covering his path from a Pennsylvania farm through Motorola and later work.
The Mill CPU Architecture - the Belt (2 of 13)
The second talk in the Mill CPU series by Mill Computing, covering the Belt, the Mill's operand-passing model that replaces general registers.
Userbenchmark - the April Fools that never ends
2kliksphilip examines UserBenchmark, a hardware comparison site known for strongly biased, pro-Intel writing.
[Minecraft Computer Engineering] - Quad-Core Redstone Computer v5.0 [12k sub special!]
A showcase of the author's fifth-generation quad-core computer built entirely from Minecraft redstone, after two years of development.
AMD's most important product ever - Ryzen 9 4900HS
Linus Tech Tips reviews AMD's Ryzen 9 4900HS mobile CPU in the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 laptop, calling it a landmark product.
A History of The ARM Microprocessor | Dave Jaggar | Talks at Google
Dave Jaggar, who defined much of the ARM architecture, recounts how Acorn's near-extinction led to ARM, including the history of Thumb, StrongARM, and the Austin team.
Inside Intel
AdoredTV relays leaks and insider accounts of what it is like inside Intel, including staffing changes and morale.
Building my dream computer - Part 1
The 8-Bit Guy proposes building his dream retro computer, an expandable C64-like machine using sourceable parts and modern I/O, which became the Commander X16 project.
Clojure is Not Afraid of the GPU - Dragan Djuric
Dragan Djuric presents Clojure libraries for GPU and numerical computing, including ClojureCL, ClojureCUDA and Neanderthal.
Moore's Law is Not Dead (Jim Keller) | AI Podcast Clips
A clip from Lex Fridman's podcast in which chip architect Jim Keller argues that Moore's Law is not dead and that transistor scaling still has lots of room.
Industrial Strength High Performance RISC V Processors For Energy Efficient Computing
David Ditzel of Esperanto Technologies presents their massively parallel, energy-efficient RISC-V processors at the 7th RISC-V Workshop in 2017.
Change w/ Jim Keller
Jim Keller, CTO of Tenstorrent, gives a keynote at Stanford's System X conference on change, understanding and the future of computing.
DON'T Buy a Used Mining GPU! - $h!t Manufacturers Say
Linus Tech Tips looks at whether buying a used GPU that was previously used for crypto mining is a good idea, as miners prepare to sell off cards.
David Patterson - A New Golden Age for Computer Architecture: History, Challenges and Opportunities
David Patterson's talk on the history of computer architecture, from RISC and superscalar designs to the end of Dennard scaling and Moore's Law.
The Memory Sinkhole - Unleashing An X86 Design Flaw Allowing Universal Privilege Escalation
Christopher Domas's Black Hat 2015 talk on a long-unnoticed x86 design flaw that lets an attacker reach System Management Mode, a ring below the OS.
How many PCIe Extensions is TOO MANY??
Linus Tech Tips tests whether chaining many PCIe riser extensions causes loss of GPU performance.
Experiences Building Edge TPU with Chisel
A Google talk from the Chisel community in which engineers recount designing the Edge TPU with the Chisel hardware construction language.
EEVblog #1341 - AMAZING $250,000 IBM Processor TEARDOWN!
Dave Jones of EEVblog tears down a 1991 IBM 9121 thermal conduction module from a System/390 mainframe, a 63-layer ceramic hybrid module with 2772 pins worth about $250,000, and demonstrates a BGA desoldering technique.
英特尔Lunar Lake深度评测：轻薄本有救了！
Geekerwan's Chinese-language review of Intel's Lunar Lake lightweight laptop chip, covering performance, perf-per-watt curves and battery life benchmarks.