How Computers Work: Silicon to Software
Explore how computers operate, from silicon chips and arithmetic to running programs and creating graphics. π»

Improbable Matter
2.0M views β’ Jan 17, 2021

About this video
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
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
**----**
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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Duration
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Published
Jan 17, 2021
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