Emulation Computerphile

Summary

The number of virtual machines has swelled due to cloud computing & changes to the X86 processor, but what are Virtual ... The PDP1 was a groundbreaking computer from the 1950's - but where does it fit into computing history and how would you use it ... Play around with one of the first Von Neumann machines (well, in simulation!) Professor Brailsford shows us what EDSAC was ... Enigma is known as the WWII cipher, but how does it hold up in 2021? Dr Mike Pound implemented it and shows how it stacks up ... Turing Machines are the basis of modern computing, but what actually is a Turing Machine? Assistant Professor Mark Jago ... Learn more about the Jane Street internship at: jane-st.co/internships2027- A teenager in his bedroom playing Global Thermonuclear War 'online' via his IMSAI 8080 in the classic movie War Games - Jason ... The Bit Blit algorithm dates back to Xerox PARC, but was famously used to sell the Amiga home computer among others. Dr Steve ... Dicussing implementation with Professor Brailsford. Professor Brailsford emailed me after we recorded this to say that of course ... The so-called 'Forbidden Technique' with Chana Messinger -- Brilliant's courses and start for free at ... The Enigma cipher machine, said to be unbreakable. Alan Turing had a pivotal role in cracking Enigma codes during WWII. "If your name's not down, you're not coming in!" - How the CPU's "Bouncer" keeps some memory off-limits. Matt Godbolt continues ... Extracting a secret key by simply watching the flickering of an LED? Sounds implausible but that's what we're discussing with Dr ... A look at why (under certain circumstances) JIT Compilers can be so much faster. Dr Laurence Tratt of KCL takes us through the ...