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MegaProcessor - the largest CPU in the world


Walk around inside a working processor and see all the components operating. Jason Fitzpatrick shows us the Centre for Computer History's MegaProcessor . MegaProcessor was built by James Newman and is the largest working model processor in the world. Thanks once again to the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge Sun Microsystems Server: https://youtu.be/c5qH-LW3tq8 Altair 8800: https://youtu.be/cwEmnfy2BhI http://www.facebook.com/computerphile https://twitter.com/computer_phile This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley. Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at http://www.bradyharan.com

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