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Chapter 5 Custom Configurations Flashcards

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CAD/CAM

Ch.5- pg.238-239

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CAD/CAM- Computer aided design/Computer aided manufacturing workstation

  • Can make 3-d drawings and can carry the designer’s vision from conception to design in a 100% digital setting
  • Requires a high number of CPU cycles
  • Use in architecture, surveying, and engineering fields
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Graphic Design Workstations

Ch.5- pg.238

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Computers used by graphic-design artists must process a constant flow of colors and detailed shapes, the combination of which can put a strain on the CPU, RAM, and video components.

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Video Enhancements

Ch.5- pg.239

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  • Need graphic adaptors with better graphics processing unit (GPU) and additional RAM
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Maximized RAM

Ch.5- pg.239

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  • Applications need the CPU to process their instructions and RAM to hold their instructions
  • Maximizing the RAM that can be accessed by the CPU and operating will result in better overall performance
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A/V Editing Workstations

Ch.5- pg.239

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  • Video Enhancements, Specialized Audio, Specialized Drives
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Video Enhancements

Ch.5- pg.239

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  • Benefit more from graphic adaptors with multiple video interfaces
  • To improve performance you should use CUDA and OpenCL
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Specialized Audio

Ch.5- pg.240

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  • Use an analog codec with simple two-channel arrangements

- Digital Audio is preferred

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Specialized Drives

Ch.5- pg.241

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  • Separate drives for system and data files
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Virtualization Workstations

Ch.5- pg.241

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  • Hardware virtualization
  • 2 Primary areas: CPU Enhancements, Maximized Ram
  • Virtual Machines (VMs)
  • Important Components that are shared by the host: CPU Cycles, System Memory, Drive Storage Space, Systemwide network bandwidth
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CPU Enhancements

Ch.5- pg.242

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  • Operating system is capable of treating each core in a multicore processor
  • The more CPUs you can install, each with as many cores as possible, the more CPU cycles for each VM
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Maximized RAM

Ch.5- pg.242-243

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  • you decide how much RAM guest system will require
  • Maximum installed RAM hinges on three primary constraints: The CPU’s address -bus width, the operating system’s maximum supported RAM, the motherboards supported RAM
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Gaming PCs

Ch.5- pg.244

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  • CPU Enhancements
  • Video Enhancements
  • Specialized Audio
  • Enhanced Cooling
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CPU Enhancements

Ch.5- pg.244

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  • Requires lots of decision need to be made by CPU

- Add more

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Specialized Audio

Ch.5- pg.245

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  • Technologies such as S/PDIF, and HDMI produce high quality digital audio
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Enhanced Cooling

Ch.5- pg.245

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  • Immersion of the system in mineral oil and indirect application of liquid nitrogen or helium
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Home Theater PCs

Ch.5- pg.246

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  • Also called HTPCs
  • Can store large amounts of video media and stream it on to an output device, or stream it straight from the internet
  • Specializations- video enhancement, specialized audio, special chassis, and TV tuner
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Video Enhancements

Ch.5- pg.247

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  • Should have one or more HDMI interfaces
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Specialized Audio

Ch.5- pg.247

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  • Should be equipped with 7.1 analog surround sound
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Special Chassis and TV Tuner

Ch.5- pg.247

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  • HTPC Chassis (150W)
  • Motherboard (Mini-ITX) with integrated HDMI interface
  • HDD or SDD
  • RAM-DIMMs
  • Blu-ray drive player
  • PCIe or USB TV Tuner
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Standard Thick Clients

Ch.5- pg.248

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  • Standard client computer system

- Meets only the basic standards

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Thin Clients

Ch.5- pg.248

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  • Any machine that divests itself of all or most local storage and varying levels of RAM
  • Dumb teminal, only displaying graphical user interface output to the monitor
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Home Server PCs

Ch.5- pg.249

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  • Media streaming capabilities
  • File and Print sharing services
  • Gigabit NIC
  • Raid array
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Media Streaming Capabilities

Ch.5- pg.249

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-Home sever PCs are used mostly to stream, music, photo, and videos to other devices

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File and Print Sharing Services

Ch.5- pg.253

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  • Home server are expected to allow static transfer of files to or from the sever’s hard drive or array
  • Homer server should be accessible to anyone on the home network
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RAID Array

Ch.5- pg.253

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  • Some data need to be protected from accidental loss.

- RAID will help with that

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