How Computers Work: Silicon to Software

Explore how computers operate, from silicon chips and arithmetic to running programs and creating graphics. πŸ’»

How Computers Work: Silicon to Software
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2.0M views β€’ Jan 17, 2021
How Computers Work: Silicon to Software

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A whistle-stop tour of how computers work, from how silicon is used to make computer chips, perform arithmetic to how programs run and computer graphics are displayed.


Contents:
00:00 - Introduction
00:55 - Transistors
08:05 - Logic gates
11:34 - Binary numbers
16:55 - Memory and clock
24:56 - Instructions
29:30 - Loops
33:55 - Input and output
41:28 - Conclusion


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Further watching if you are interested



Computerphile has many great videos, such as this in-depth look at floating point numbers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZRI1IfStY0
For many in-depth computer subjects I highly recommend Brian Will's channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/briantwill
Particularly his videos on graphics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfvmPa9eWew

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