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 ... 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 ... Play around with one of the first Von Neumann machines (well, in simulation!) Professor Brailsford shows us what EDSAC was ... A teenager in his bedroom playing Global Thermonuclear War 'online' via his IMSAI 8080 in the classic movie War Games - Jason ... Delving into the arcane world of code for Atari 2600 VCS - programming one of the first Video Game Consoles - here's Dr Steve ... RISC processors kept things simple, but when do you need to make your hardware more complicated and when can you leave it ... The Bit Blit algorithm dates back to Xerox PARC, but was famously used to sell the Amiga home computer among others. Dr Steve ... Turing Machines are the basis of modern computing, but what actually is a Turing Machine? Assistant Professor Mark Jago ... Mike explains a paper from the University of Maryland, proposing a neat trick to 'watermark' the output of large language models ... Learn more about the Jane Street internship at: jane-st.co/internships2027- "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 ... Language Models' Achilles heel: Rob Miles talks about "glitch" tokens, those mysterious words which, which result in gibberish ...