Transcript Up to 256 MB RAM stacked on the CPU = reduced latency

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)
Worlds Smallest Web Server
Affects on Businesses
 Worldwide market place
 Efficiency and Productivity
 Safety
 Speed and Pace
Objectives
Future Trends in Computer Hardware
Recommendations for Businesses
Scope
Computer Hardware limited to: CPU,
Memory, Motherboards, and Graphic Cards
Recommendations will be general, geared
to all types of businesses
Methodology
Personal Information
Library and books
Internet
The future of the
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
AMD Mid-2007? CPU (Barcelona)
More Barcelona
Late 2007? Intel CPU (Penryn)
More near-future trends
Nehalem in 2008?
Multi-Core Evolution
Prototype 80-core teraflop CPU
from Intel
Closer look at 80 core CPU
Up to 256 MB RAM
stacked on the CPU
Advantages of more on-die memory
Increase in specialized
microprocessors
Combining specialized chips with
general-purpose chips
Motherboards or Mainboards
Intel Series 3 (Bearlake) Chipset
PCI Express 2.0 doubles the
PCI Express bandwidth shown
PCI-Express to have more power for
your graphics card
Unified Extensible Firmware
Interface (UEFI)
Next-generation
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Magnetoresistive Random Access
Memory (MRAM)
Phase-change RAM (PRAM )
500x faster than flash memory,
½ the power
Hard Drives
Patterned Media
increases storage density
Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording
(HAMR) increases storage density
Samsung 32GB Flash Drive
available today for $529
“SILENT. boot times on my laptop were cut more than half.”
Optical Storage
In-Phase Holographic Storage
300 GB per disc!
Reading
Recording
Next 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 R600
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ6aMxPh6k0
Recommendations
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Plan the use of IT
Managing the computing infrastructure
Managing the enterprise application
Protect information asset
Manage outsourcing relationships
Plan the use of IT
 Align information system
 Communicate IS
 Develop and enforce IS
Managing the computing
infrastructure
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Align infrastructure
Create, operate, and maintain
Product standards
Track and monitor resolution
Manage staff
Managing the enterprise application
 Develop new application
 Maintain system
 Manage development staff
Outsourcing
 Advantages
 Disadvantages
Questions?