Big.LITTLE microprocessor architectures explained, including coverage of ARM big.LITTLE and DynamIQ, Apple M1, and Intel’s new performance hybrid architecture. More information on Apple’s transition to Arm processors is contained in my video “Apple Goes ARM”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtYfTVksuio And you can learn more about how CPUs work in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx-w2o-Lj8g REFERENCES (in order by video segment) IBM Power4, first multi-core processor press release: https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/power4/ Intel Xeon Platinum 9200 56 core CPU: https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/benchmarks/server/xeon-scalable/platinum-9200-performance.html ARM big.LITTLE technologies: https://www.arm.com/why-arm/technologies/big-little ARM big.LITTLE white paper: https://armkeil.blob.core.windows.net/developer/Files/pdf/white-paper/big-little-technology-the-future-of-mobile.pdf ARM DynamIQ technologies: https://www.arm.com/why-arm/technologies/dynamiq Apple transition to Mac (ARM) silicon press release: https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2020/06/apple-announces-mac-transition-to-apple-silicon/ Apple M1 press release: https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2020/11/apple-unleashes-m1/ Apple M1 Pro & M1 Max press release: https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2021/10/introducing-m1-pro-and-m1-max-the-most-powerful-chips-apple-has-ever-built/ Intel Alder Lake press release; https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/12th-gen-core-processors.html#gs.imxy7y Intel Alder Lake i5-12600K CPU: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/134589/intel-core-i512600k-processor-20m-cache-up-to-4-90-ghz.html Intel Alder Lake i7-12700K CPU: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/134594/intel-core-i712700k-processor-25m-cache-up-to-5-00-ghz.html Intel Alder Lake i9-12900K CPU: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/134599/intel-core-i912900k-processor-30m-cache-up-to-5-20-ghz.html Alter Lake CPUs stop games working: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/11/faulty-drm-breaks-dozens-of-games-on-intels-alder-lake-cpus/ Alder Lake DRM game issues mostly fixed: https://uk.pcmag.com/processors/137497/intel-alder-lake-incompatibility-issue-with-drm-protected-games-is-mostly-fixed Reported rumour about AMD Zen 5 big.LITTLE architecture: https://moepc.net/amd-zen-5-codenamed-strix-point-will-take-the-big-little-architecture-using-the-3nm-process/ More videos on computing and related topics can be found at: null You may also like my ExplainingTheFuture channel at: null Chapters: 00:00 Introduction & changes 01:26 Single Core & Beyond 04:25 ARM big.LITTLE & DynamIQ 06:53 Apple M1 08:14 Intel Alder Lake 11:09 Future Diverse Architectures #big.LITTLE #AlderLake #AppleM1 #ExplainingComputers