Computer Organization I --WS 09/10

Schedule

• Oct.   1: meeting of particpants, lecturer and tutors. presentation/creation of hardware project
• Oct. 15: forming of project groups. 
• Oct. 22: Discussion of the hardware to order (budget, technical specifications, ..). Start of the ordering process
• Oct. 29/Nov.5/Nov.12.: Deconstruction/Reconstruction of available computers in the cabinet. Replacing computer parts.
• Nov. 19:
• Nov. 26:
• Dec.   3: First construction of bought computers. Test
• Dec. 10:
• Jan.   7:
• Jan. 14: Installation of OS (Winows + LINUX)
• Jan. 21:
• Jan. 28: Presentation of group reports

Working Groups

1. Embedded System  [400 EUR]:  Report

   • Jürgen Pauritsch
   • Stefan Thonhofer
   • [Michael Peter Würlinger]
     

2. Compute Server'10  (core-i7, GTX 3xx (fermi)): Report (1. draft, 2.draft) [1300 EUR]:   

   • Markus Schwelberger
   • Paul Picher
   • Michael Weißegger

3. Dual Server'10  (2 AMD Hexalon or  2 Xeon, 32 GB,  GPUs) Report, 1.draft, 2.draft [1000 + 1000 EUR]:   

   • Peter Gantner
   • Hannes Josef Hattenberger

4. Upgrade of Scientific working place  (2nd CPU, memory Upgrade, GPGU, Sound)  [800 EUR by Inst.]:  Report

   • Carmen Gass
   • Samar Vafai

Budget

3.000 EUR:  from the faculty  + xxxx EUR Inst.

Check list compatibilities:

• main board wrt. processor socket

• main board wrt. memory-DIMMs (number of pins, number of slots)

• main board wrt. PCI-slots, USB, extension cards etc.

• socket wrt. processor

• processor wrt. cooler

• on-board graphics vs. graphics cards (DVI !)

• hard disc (IDE, SATA, SATA2) vs. main board

• power consumption vs. power supply, fan, air conditioning

Integration of the computer into the university network:

• ZID-formular zur Rechneranmeldung (allg. Formulare des ZID)

• Buchhaltungsformular zur Anlagenabmeldung (allg. Formulare der Buchhaltung)

Potential Processors

• Phenom II X4 905e
• AMD Processors, Dual socket: 4 cores, 6 cores
• Intel Processors, more info,
  
• 16--core APU by AMD, Fusion processor
  
• Larrabee
• Power7 with 4x8 cores
• Intel 48 core chip
• Intel Hexa-Core