Understanding CPUs: Cores, Threads, Clock Speed and More
Are you new to tech? Are you buying a new computer and don't know what the heck "cores", "threads" or "GHz" mean? Well don't worry. In this video, I will be exploring the most important CPU specs and how these affect performance.
If you have any tech questions or concerns you would like addressed, feel free to write to me directly or comment down below and if the topic is interesting enough I might even make a video about it.
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Timestamps:
Intro - 0:00
What is a CPU? - 2:49
Cores - 3:00
Clock Speed - 3:13
Increase core count or clock speed? - 3:57
How multiple cores are used - 5:27
Why clock speed matters - 6:49
CPU usage in a game - 7:35
CPU usage during video encoding - 8:41
Threads - 9:03
Instructions Per Cycle (IPC) - 11:18
Intel vs AMD IPC - 12:30
Base/Boost clock - 13:33
Overclocking - 15:00
Dangerous CPU temperatures and thermal throttling - 16:37
Thermal Design Power (TDP) - 17:44
Predicting the behavior of CPUs using TDP - 19:07
Our completed CPU and future development - 20:59
Die shrinks - 22:03
Process node/Lithography - 22:31
Recap/Summary - 24:19
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Intro music credit:
KEMMEI - Casino Drive
Other music credits (in order of appearance):
Andy Samberg - Brooklyn Nine-Nine S1E7 Guitar Screaming
RocketJump - VGHS S2E1 Opening
Haim Mazar - It's Always Funny In Philadelphia
Quincas Moreira - Trapped
Merv Griffin - Think! (Jeopardy Theme Song)