As a follow up to the previous post, here’s a very entertaining and modern lecture about the inner workings of a computer, created as an introduction to computing for first year computer science and engineering students at UNSW.
Even though computing technology has improved drastically over the last 2 decades, the basic foundation is still the same - CPU, Motherboard, Hard Drive, RAM, Power Supply and Video Card, etc…. Here’s a video from the 90′ released by the Computer Museum, that will make you feel like your watching the Magic School Bus, which takes an interesting and a funny look at how the workings of a 1990’s computer.
No it’s not what you have or you don’t have in your pocket and no it’s not just another GEEK term that you don’t need to understand. Caching is a powerful technology that plays a significant role in CPU performance. This video goes into great detail explaining what Cache memory is, so before going out and purchasing a new CPU, watch this video.