Archive - Computer, Enhance!

Q&A #65 (2024-09-09)

Answers to questions from the last Q&A thread.

Sep 10

1:22:26

Zen, CUDA, and Tensor Cores, Part I: The Silicon

Given the complexity of today's computing hardware, it’s easy to get confused about what is meant by the word “core”.

Sep 3 •

August 2024

Q&A #64 (2024-08-26)

Answers to questions from the last Q&A thread.

Aug 27

37:37

Q&A #63 (2024-08-19)

Answers to questions from the last Q&A thread.

Aug 19

34:28

Q&A #62 (2024-08-08)

Answers to questions from the last Q&A thread.

Aug 8

28:21

Testing Memory-Mapped Files

As the final entry in Part 3, let's run our memory-mapped file tests alongside our buffered read tests to make sure we know their relative speeds.

Aug 8

18:03

July 2024

Q&A #61 (2024-07-30)

Answers to questions from the last Q&A thread.

Jul 31

1:01:33

Esoterica: Next-gen x64 Cores and Micro-op Caches

Are micro-op caches going away or not?

Jul 27 •

A Brief Note on the CrowdStrike Outage and "Tech Influencer" YouTube

I fear things are heading in a bad direction.

Jul 25 •

Q&A #60 (2024-07-22)

Answers to questions from the last Q&A thread.

Jul 23

38:06

A Closer Look at the Prefetching Performance Graph

Since it dovetails nicely with our transition to Part 4, I've expanded one of the questions on Part 3 into a full video.

Jul 23

33:38

Q&A #59 (2024-07-15)

Answers to questions from the last Q&A thread.

Jul 15

47:01

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