A Crash Course in Modern Hardware by Cliff Click

Why it was recommended

it's a really accessible refresher if you're a bit outdated on how all these caches work and interact

Recommendationzellyn · Original2017-03

What it covers

Cliff Click walks through a small performance example on a modern out-of-order CPU. He covers pipelining, ILP, CISC vs RISC, multicore, and why cache misses and the memory. It is for someone who already knows the basic terms and wants the next step.

Video details

Channel

Devoxx

Length

59 min 21 sec

Year

2016

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