Sunday, September 6, 2009

Notes for Reading required #2

Personal computer hardware

This reading talks about typical personal computer hardware, and how it is made up of multiple physical components of computer hardware. And how these components can be installed and work in a personal computer. I think it is good reading to read and understand because it describes how a computer works and what a computer consist of.
-Motherboard
- Power supply
- Video display controller
- Removable media devices
- Internal storage
- Sound card
-Other peripherals(input)
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Moore’s Law” and the video:


Is The observation made in 1965 by Gordon Moor, co-founder of Intel.
Moor's Law states that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since the integrated circuit was invented. Moore predicted that this trend would continue for the foreseeable future. In subsequent years, the pace slowed down a bit, but data density has doubled approximately every 18. Most experts, including Moore himself, expect Moore's Law to hold for at least another two decades.


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Computer history website

The Computer History Museum is one of the world's largest collections of computing artifacts. The Computer History Museum allows you to explore the computer revolution and its impact on the human experience. If you visit the museum you can see collections of computing artifacts such as The Babbage Engine, Visible Storage and Mastering the Game. also the website itself provides you with some picture and stories of the information age.

1 comment:

Sara Cantor said...

If you had the option whether or not to visit the museum, would you want to visit? I really enjoyed spending time looks at the different pages on the museum's website. It was really interesting to view the time lines to see how far we have progressed in a short number of years.