the effects of future computer hardware on business
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The Effects of Future Computer Hardware on Business. Management Information Systems (HTM 304) Spring 2007 Section 02/03 Valentin Kifumbi Stuart Pierce Jeremy Quinton. The Changing World. From fire to supercomputers. Then and Now. Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Effects of Future The Effects of Future Computer Hardware on Computer Hardware on
BusinessBusiness
Management Information SystemsManagement Information Systems(HTM 304)(HTM 304)Spring 2007 Section 02/03Spring 2007 Section 02/03Valentin KifumbiValentin KifumbiStuart PierceStuart PierceJeremy QuintonJeremy Quinton
The Changing WorldThe Changing World
From fire to supercomputers
Then and NowThen and Now
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) Worlds Smallest Web Server
Affects on BusinessesAffects on Businesses
Worldwide market place
Efficiency and Productivity
Safety
Speed and Pace
ObjectivesObjectives
Future Trends in Computer Hardware
Recommendations for Businesses
ScopeScope
Computer Hardware limited to: CPU,
Memory, Motherboards, and Graphic Cards
Recommendations will be general, geared
to all types of businesses
MethodologyMethodology
Personal Information
Library and books
Internet
The future of the The future of the Central Processing Unit (CPU)Central Processing Unit (CPU)
AMD Mid-2007? CPU (Barcelona)AMD Mid-2007? CPU (Barcelona)
More BarcelonaMore Barcelona
Late 2007? Intel CPU (Penryn)Late 2007? Intel CPU (Penryn)
More near-future trendsMore near-future trends
Nehalem in 2008?Nehalem in 2008?
Multi-Core EvolutionMulti-Core Evolution
Prototype 80-core teraflop CPU Prototype 80-core teraflop CPU from Intelfrom Intel
Closer look at 80 core CPUCloser look at 80 core CPU
Up to 256 MB RAM Up to 256 MB RAM stacked on the CPUstacked on the CPU
Advantages of more on-die memoryAdvantages of more on-die memory
Increase in specialized Increase in specialized microprocessorsmicroprocessors
Combining specialized chips with Combining specialized chips with general-purpose chipsgeneral-purpose chips
Motherboards or MainboardsMotherboards or Mainboards
Intel Series 3 (Bearlake) ChipsetIntel Series 3 (Bearlake) Chipset
PCI Express 2.0 doubles the PCI Express 2.0 doubles the PCI Express bandwidth shownPCI Express bandwidth shown
PCI-Express to have more power for PCI-Express to have more power for your graphics cardyour graphics card
Unified Extensible Firmware Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Interface (UEFI)
Next-generation Next-generation Random Access Memory (RAM)Random Access Memory (RAM)
Magnetoresistive Random Access Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) Memory (MRAM)
Phase-change RAM (PRAM )Phase-change RAM (PRAM )500x faster than flash memory, 500x faster than flash memory,
½ the power½ the power
Hard DrivesHard Drives
Patterned Media Patterned Media increases storage densityincreases storage density
Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) increases storage density(HAMR) increases storage density
Samsung 32GB Flash Drive Samsung 32GB Flash Drive available today for $529available today for $529
“SILENT. boot times on my laptop were cut more than half.”
Optical StorageOptical Storage
In-Phase Holographic StorageIn-Phase Holographic Storage300 GB per disc!300 GB per disc!
RecordingReading
Next generation graphics from ATINext generation graphics from ATI
1GB [email protected] model
700 million transistors - up to 320 stream processors
H.264 and VC-1 support
Hardware High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP), High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
128-bt high-dynamic range rendering (HDR) rendering
Requires 250-300 watts of power
ATI’s next generation graphics chip, the R600ATI’s next generation graphics chip, the R600
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ6aMxPh6k0
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Questions?Questions?