Factors influening harware development
Hi there,
I've been given a min 25 page report to write at Uni, i've opted to write about the factors which influence hardware development. So i intend writing about things like:
*slow access speeds influencing the drive for improved data transfer rate in HDD (ATA -> SATA -> ?)
*the constant demand for more raw processing power and the almost constant strive for increased miniaturisation and ultimately more components etc on a chip
* etc, essentially what bottlenecks/hindrances have existed or still exist that have been picked up on by hardware manufacturers/developers/r
I'm not after answers! What i'm after is any links (i have to reference my material) to sites which discuss such issues or any papers/abstracts etc.
I am of course looking myself but need to cast the net wider. I know a little, but need specific material to refer to and obviously need to read a lot of stuff, i only have 500 points to give and will have to share them amongst the best 2/3.
Hope you can help - Any help much appreciated!
JW
I've been given a min 25 page report to write at Uni, i've opted to write about the factors which influence hardware development. So i intend writing about things like:
*slow access speeds influencing the drive for improved data transfer rate in HDD (ATA -> SATA -> ?)
*the constant demand for more raw processing power and the almost constant strive for increased miniaturisation and ultimately more components etc on a chip
* etc, essentially what bottlenecks/hindrances have existed or still exist that have been picked up on by hardware manufacturers/developers/r
I'm not after answers! What i'm after is any links (i have to reference my material) to sites which discuss such issues or any papers/abstracts etc.
I am of course looking myself but need to cast the net wider. I know a little, but need specific material to refer to and obviously need to read a lot of stuff, i only have 500 points to give and will have to share them amongst the best 2/3.
Hope you can help - Any help much appreciated!
JW
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I always loved making reports and presentations, sometimes I regret dropping out of school... But hey, thank god for the webby and self study :)
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Hi Gaud-wo,
thanks for the post.
The assignment is not for a particular module as such. We have been asked to write a report basically to prove that we can structure one! It's a first year, semester one thing i assume to weed out the timewasters (i assume).
We were given a list of subject areas:
E-Learning, Wireless Communication, Artificial Intelligence, Network Security, Hardware Development and one other whose title eludes me.
We were then told that we should devise our own titles/question, and as such i have chosen to write about what has driven hardware development in the last 4/5 years to get it to it's current state, specifically identifying the bottlenecks that engineers/developer have identified and subsequently overcome. I haven't decided upon my exact report title that i will use but it may resemble the question title i used here, although i'd spell influencing correctly!
If we were in a library i'd basically be asking "Where are the computer hardware books please?".
Anything at all would be appreciated, i'm just after something to read, digest and ideally write about.
Thanks
JW
thanks for the post.
The assignment is not for a particular module as such. We have been asked to write a report basically to prove that we can structure one! It's a first year, semester one thing i assume to weed out the timewasters (i assume).
We were given a list of subject areas:
E-Learning, Wireless Communication, Artificial Intelligence, Network Security, Hardware Development and one other whose title eludes me.
We were then told that we should devise our own titles/question, and as such i have chosen to write about what has driven hardware development in the last 4/5 years to get it to it's current state, specifically identifying the bottlenecks that engineers/developer have identified and subsequently overcome. I haven't decided upon my exact report title that i will use but it may resemble the question title i used here, although i'd spell influencing correctly!
If we were in a library i'd basically be asking "Where are the computer hardware books please?".
Anything at all would be appreciated, i'm just after something to read, digest and ideally write about.
Thanks
JW
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http://computer.howstuffworks.com/
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Some good examples of bottlenecks that have been picked up from IanTh there.
So you've got Peripherals (PCI, USB, FireWire, ...); Storage (SATA, RAID, ...), Memory (DDR, Dual Channel, on-die memory controllers), mainboards (all above mentioned onboard, LAN removed from PCI bus - Marvel PHI), ..
But not only bottlenecks, the whole power-consumption and heat-dissipation situation has shifted completely. Intel used to be silent, cool and quiet, and the top performers. Now they are power-eating, heat radiating (and thus noise making), and they don't match AMD any more (ok, but for the latest few launches of CPU's, I'm waiting for the first independent reviews).
I gave my most important sources in my post above - and I also check the mfg's websites (AMD, Intel, NVidia, Asus, ...) and get quite some newsletters.
Imho the only way to really know all these things, is just to keep track of what used to be and what is changing right now... And that isn't something you can learn from a given number of sites, it requires a few hours of weekly "study" - but I don't think of it as studying, more like relaxing - cfr reading a book.
Don't know any sites where you can view comprehensive comparisations between past, present and future technologies and interbrand comparisations all in one...
So you've got Peripherals (PCI, USB, FireWire, ...); Storage (SATA, RAID, ...), Memory (DDR, Dual Channel, on-die memory controllers), mainboards (all above mentioned onboard, LAN removed from PCI bus - Marvel PHI), ..
But not only bottlenecks, the whole power-consumption and heat-dissipation situation has shifted completely. Intel used to be silent, cool and quiet, and the top performers. Now they are power-eating, heat radiating (and thus noise making), and they don't match AMD any more (ok, but for the latest few launches of CPU's, I'm waiting for the first independent reviews).
I gave my most important sources in my post above - and I also check the mfg's websites (AMD, Intel, NVidia, Asus, ...) and get quite some newsletters.
Imho the only way to really know all these things, is just to keep track of what used to be and what is changing right now... And that isn't something you can learn from a given number of sites, it requires a few hours of weekly "study" - but I don't think of it as studying, more like relaxing - cfr reading a book.
Don't know any sites where you can view comprehensive comparisations between past, present and future technologies and interbrand comparisations all in one...
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Thanks for the help guys, not really what i was after but thanks for the input; you've reaffirmed some of the areas I had initially identified and thrown a few others into the mix. I was, as per my first post, after some good web based resources to read from but should now be able to widen my search.
Thanks again.
JW
Oh, I had to start work on the report hence my cutting the response short.
Thanks again.
JW
Oh, I had to start work on the report hence my cutting the response short.
Good luck!