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Computer Architecture 07 - Memory Hierarchy
The memory hierarchy from registers to HDD and how caches work
Lectures
All posts in the Lectures
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Computer Architecture 08 - Virtual Memory and MMU
How virtual memory enables process isolation through the MMU, page tables, and TLB
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Computer Architecture 09 - I/O and DMA
How the CPU exchanges data with external devices and the principles behind efficient data transfer via DMA
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Computer Architecture 10 - Multicore and Modern Processors
Why clock speeds stopped increasing and the core concepts of modern multicore processor architecture
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Linux Internals 01 - Operating System Overview
What an operating system does and the role of the Linux kernel
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Linux Internals 02 - Processes and Threads
How processes are created and managed in Linux, and how threads relate to them
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Linux Internals 03 - Process Scheduling
How the Linux kernel distributes CPU time among processes and how CFS works
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Linux Internals 04 - Memory Management
The concept of virtual memory and how the Linux kernel manages memory
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Linux Internals 05 - File Systems
How VFS, inodes, and ext4 work in the world where everything is a file