Show Notes - Episode 25
SERIES: Lab Rats
EPISODE #: 25
RELEASE DATE: May 8, 2006
TITLE: Multi-Core Processors Demystified
RUN TIME: 10:50:05
HOSTS: Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers
PRODUCER: Matt Harris
EDITOR: Sean Carruthers
SOURCE: www.labrats.tv/episodes/ep25.html
NOTES:
- Andy's Famous Food Demo -showing the workings of modern core processors.
- IBM had a dual-core chip in 2000, but dual-core didn't hit the consumer desktop until 2004.
- Core- tiny di on the processor chip iself that will actully do the work.
- Hyperthreading- takes the single processor that you had before and actully splits up the tasks into two virtul processors. So when one is doing a specific task the other virtul processor does the other task. Both "threads" share the same cache and transistors.
- Dual-Core- features two sets of transistors and cache, keeping the cores seperated. Each core is sending and recieving seperate data and performing seperate tasks, thus not being related to each.
- Dual-Core Hyperthreading- both cores feature hyper-threading, so the computer will see four processors.
- Andy's Book Plug - Absolute Beginners Guide to Security, Spam, Spyware, & Viruses
CREDITS
Also Starring:
Biff
Boo
Consulting Producer:
Geo Perdis
Associate Producer:
Maurice Cacho
Theme Music by Dee Long
Title Graphics by Steve Huntriss (AKA ‘Tackie’)
Intern:
Mike Britton
Cameras Courtesy of:
Special Thanks To:
Eileen
Nutritional Information:
Lab Rats contains
10% of your recommended
daily allowance of bananas,
25% of your RDA of
chocolate, and 150%
of your RDA of cheese.
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Show Notes by Michael Britton
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