Grad Wrap-up: A new day, a less then stellar performance of the internet.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

A new day, a less then stellar performance of the internet.

I have been attempting to download a program that will help me to complete my action plan but i have yet to see the download pass the 50% mark. I mark this up to not the internet but the wireless connection and routers that our school has(i honestly think the school needs to get new wireless routers seeing as these are pretty old) but thats an entirely different subject. I also need to try to get intel processors in which to benchmark and idealy, an intel motherboard to keep a controlled test enviorment.

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samJanuary 11, 2010 at 5:26 AM
1/11/2010
-developed essential question – how can someone improve their computer’s performance at home for free?
GOALS
-develop 10 foundation questions
-How does a computer’s processor affect its performance?
-finish notes on at least 3 foundation questions
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IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) - A standard electronic interface used between a computer motherboard's data paths or bus and the computer's disk storage devices.
Southbridge - A chip on a motherboard that controls all onboard devices including the IDE bus and PCI bus
Northbridge - handles the data transactions between the CPU, AGP device, Southbridge chip and the main system memory.
Intel - A company that produces microprocessors
Semiconducotr - A solid whose electrical conductivity can be controlled over a wide range, either permanently or dynamically.
(IC) Integrated Circut - A tiny complex of electronic components and their connections that is produced in or on a small slice of material
Micro Processors - A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a central processing unit (CPU) on a single integrated circuit (IC)
Random Acess Memory - A type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, and newer memory can be accsed without touching the perviuous memory
RAM - Random Access Memory
FSB - Frostside bus - the physical pathway between the CPU and the RAM
Computer bus - subsystem that transfers data between computer components inside a computer or between computers.
Hypertransport (HT) - a bus that directly connects a processor to its memory without use of a frostisde bus
AMD - Advanced Micro Devices
Advanced Micro Devices - is a computer company which produces CPU's
Computer Architecutre - the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software
CPU - Central Processing Unit
L1 Cache - A small cache integrated in a processor that provides quick access to the most recently used data
L2 Cache - Also known as secondary cache, L2 Cache is a small amount of high-speed memory close to the CPU and usually on the motherboard.
L3 Cache - a cache used to reduece the avg time it takes the CPU to access memory

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