ENGIN-110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Flops, Human Genome Project, Cloud Computing
16 Dec 2020
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Desktop and laptop computers (general purpose, variety of software, subject to. Server computers (network based, high capacity, performance, reliability, Embedded computers (hidden as components of systems, stringent power/performance/cost constraints) Computers and applications: deciding factors (cost, size, power, quantity) Engine monitoring for low emission (oxygen, air pressure/temperature, sensors) Reading of the wheel speed and anti-lock brakes. Progress in computer technology underpinned by moore"s law: the number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years. Computers in automobiles, cell phones, human genome project, world wide web, search engines . Today, your pc or phone is the smallest entity of what you actually use. More and more, it is merely a user interface. Current (as june 2016) fastest computer in the world: sunway taihulight (china): 93 petaflop/s (quadrillions of calculations per second) Requires knowledge of the physics of image formation. A strong background in signal processing and related areas. Cern european organization for nuclear research.
