How does Computer Hardware Work? ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ› ๐Ÿ”ฌ [3D Animated Teardown]

Branch Education โ€ข March 22, 2023
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How do Microchips work? How does your smartphone camera work? How does Bluetooth work? At Branch Education, we dive deep into the science, engineering, and technology in our modern world using 3D animation and incredibly detailed models. Founder of Branch Education: Theodore J Tablante Want to support in-depth engineering and technology education? Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/brancheducation Modeling is done in Blender 4.2.3 LTS Eevee and Cycles Render Engine, Adobe Premiere, and Reaper

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Go to http://brilliant.org/BranchEducation/ for a 30-day free trial and expand your knowledge. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium membership. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to journey through the inside of your computer? In this video, we're taking you on a 3D animated adventure to every piece of computer hardware inside a desktop computer. You'll also see a nanoscopic view of the transistors inside the CPU and GPU. This video is like a biology dissection lab; instead, we're opening up a computer and seeing all the various computer hardware inside. Do you want to support in-depth engineering and technology education? Join us at: https://www.patreon.com/brancheducation Website: https://www.branch.education On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BranchEducation/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeddyTablante On Insta: https://www.instagram.com/brancheducation/ Table of Contents: 00:00 - 3D Computer Teardown 01:03 - Central Processing Unit CPU 03:12 - Motherboard 05:20 - CPU Cooler 06:00 - Desktop Power Supply 07:22 - Brilliant Sponsorship 08:52 - Graphics Card and GPU 11:52 - Computer Teardown Process 13:14 - DRAM 14:02 - Solid State Drives 15:04 - Hard Disk Drive HDD 15:52 - Computer Mouse 16:15 - Computer Keyboard 16:30 - Outro Special thanks to Mรกximo Balestrini for help with the CPU & GPU VLSI Visualizations https://github.com/mbalestrini/sky130_blender_renders_tutorial Key Branches from this video are: How does DRAM Work? How do SSDs Work? How do Smartphone CPUs Work? Erratum: Animation: Mike Radjabov Script: Teddy Tablante Twitter: @teddytablante Modeling: Prakash Kakadiya Voice Over: Phil Lee Sound Design: www.drilu.mx Sound Effects and Music Editor: David Pinete Supervising Sound Editor and Mixer: Luis Huesca Animation built using Blender 3.4.1 https://www.blender.org/ References: 27 Main Parts of Motherboard and its Function https://ourtechroom.com/tech/parts-of-motherboard/ Cortex-A77- Microarchitectures - ARM https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/arm_holdings/microarchitectures/cortex-a77 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Review - Pascal GPU Architecture https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-1080-ti-review,6.html Intel's 10th Generation Desktop CPUs have arrived - Still on 14nm https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/05/intels-comet-lake-desktop-cpus-are-here/ Intel Core i9 - 10850K Processor https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/205904/intel-core-i910850k-processor-20m-cache-up-to-5-20-ghz.html Insights into DDR5 Sub-Timings and Latencies https://www.anandtech.com/show/16143/insights-into-ddr5-subtimings-and-latencies Mechanical Keyboard Guide https://www.daskeyboard.com/blog/mechanical-keyboard-guide/ Nvidia GP102 https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/nvidia-gp102.g798#:~:text=NVIDIA's%20GP102%20GPU%20uses%20the,CUDA%206.1%20can%20be%20used. Teardown of a PC Power Supply https://www.righto.com/2021/05/teardown-of-pc-power-supply.html Wikipedia contributors. "Back End of Line". "Central Processing Unit". "Computers". "Dynamic Random-Access Memory". "Motherboard". Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Visited March 22nd 2022 #Computer #Hardware #Teardown

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