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Showing posts with label Computer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Computer. Show all posts

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Compare Core vs CPU vs Socket vs Chip vs Processor Differences..

Since the advent of multi-core technology such as dual-cores and quad-cores there is confusion regarding what a microprocessor consists of and what is the correct terminology. Here we analyze and compare core vs cpu vs socket vs chip vs processor to define what each of these components or term represent.

Cores

Since standard microprocessors are starting to hit the heat barrier, switching and leakage power of several transistor chips are so large that cooling becomes a primary engineering effort and a commercial concern (Note: For a given semiconductor process technology, power dissipation of a modern CPU is proportional to the third power of clock frequency). On the other hand, the necessity of an ever-increasing clock frequency is driven by the insight that architectural advances and growing cache sizes alone will not be sufficient to keep up. Processor vendors therefore started looking for a way out of this power-performance dilemma in the form of multicore designs. Essentially a core comprises of a logical execution unit containing an L1 cache and functional units. Cores can independently execute process threads.

Chips or Microprocessor or CPU

A chip or CPU chip refers to the actual integrated circuit (IC) on a computer. A chip mainly refers to execution unit that can be a single core technology or a multicore technology.

Sockets

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Notebook V/S Netbook


We have all heard of a Netbook as well as Notebook. Before we get into the difference between them both, let us see what exactly is a Netbook and a Notebook.

Notebook: Notebook is a term used for portable computer, sometimes interchangeably in place of a laptop. However it is thinner and lighter and has a better battery life than a laptop.
Netbook: Netbook is a small version of a Notebook, which is used mainly for travelling purposes.
Besides this one liner definition for each of them, we will understand them better once we see the difference in their functionality and architecture. So, what really makes them different?
Here are a few points listed that would clear how a Netbook is different from a Notebook.
1. The screen size for Netbook is between 7 and 10 inches and the screen size for Notebook is between 10 and 17 inches. So the Notebook is bigger in size, while the portability of Netbook is better since it is lighter in weight.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

C Language Learning


It is impossible to communicate without a language, and the point to consider is the similarity of language between two bodies.
Considering this point many computer languages were made and taught to both, computer and users. Forton, Pascal, Cobol, Algol, and many others were invented but it was the C language by Dennis Ritchie Which made its way towards the new style of programming.
Concept from other languages, this language deals with numerous functions, types like Arrays, Pointers, Functions, Recursion, Data Structure, Variables, Basic Airthmatic, and much more..
You would not see the other languages using today, but it is C language which is still used as a comparative low level language :)