for appetizer I recommend Cliff Click's "A Crash Course in Modern Hardware" talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZOuCuGrw48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z

for appetizer I recommend Cliff Click's "A Crash Course in Modern Hardware" talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZOuCuGrw48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZOuCuGrw48 (and here's the 2009 version https://www.infoq.com/presentations/click-crash-course-modern-hardware/ https://www.infoq.com/presentations/click-crash-course-moder... .. might be interesting for comparison )