Computer Organization I --WS 10/11

Schedule

• Oct.   7: meeting of particpants, lecturer and tutors. presentation/creation of hardware project
• Oct. 14: forming of project groups. Repairing/improving older systems
  
• Oct. 21: Discussion of the hardware to order (budget, technical specifications, ..). Start of the ordering process
• Oct. 28: Deconstruction/Reconstruction of available computers in the cabinet. Replacing computer parts.
• ..........
  
• Jan. 27: Presentation of group reports

Working Groups

1. low-energy PC with Atom/Ion or similar processor (Linux compatibility!)  [yyy EUR]:
   

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2. Radeon-PC with High end Radion GPU and core i7-970 [yyy EUR]:]: 
   Take care that the GPU fan frequency can be controlled by Ubuntu Linux.
   The PC have to be place in a an office, i.e. use low noise components. (configurations)
• Michael Aigner
• Hubert Ramsauer
3. Nehalem Server (dual board / quad board) : [bbb EUR]: 
   Investigate 3 different configurations
   (A)  PC with single socket board  for (8-core) Nehalem with high end Radion GPU (noise !?) and zz GB
   (B)  PC or (1U rack mount system) dual socket board  for (8-core) Nehalem + Radion GPU (noise !?)
   (C) 1U or 3U rack mount system with quadruple socket board  for  (8-core) Nehalem +GPUs.
• Johann Fot
• Gregor Grininger
• Robert Thür
  

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, Aubrey Isle / Knights Ferry co-processor card by Intel [June 1, 2010; c't 13/2010, p.20]
• Power7 with 4x8 cores
• Intel 48 core chip
• Intel Hexa-Core