Reference no: EM13922060
You are to research a computer organization/computer architecture topic and present your findings in a research paper. You should read various reference materials to gather information, which then should be presented in a logically organized and coherent paper. You should read at least 3 or 4 distinct reference sources and list them at the end of your paper. Online references are fine if there are from a reputable source (i.e. you cannot use Wikipedia).
Some possible subject areas are:
CPU Chips: Compare/contrast different manufacturer offerings
GPUs: Performance, computational speed versus memory speed
Video surveillance environments (bandwidth, resolution, recording storage)
Storage Medium (SSD, Various DVD technologies, High density disks, Disk arrays)
Computer Systems (PCs, Mainframes, Mobile, Massively parallel computers)
HPC Clusters (SharcNet, Google, Wikipedia's server farm)
Buses, I/O systems, caches, RAM, etc. (USB3, Firewire)
Networks: Home routers, The WWW, search engines
Or anything else you can think of that's hardware related. The possibilities are limitless. Your paper must focus on the performance of the subject hardware. An analysis of the configuration and technical specifications and how those decisions affect performance. You should choose something that you are interested in as a subject. Your paper should be about 4-5 pages long (1200 words) and include a bibliography (you do not need toworry about footnotes). Your subject should be unique within the class. You are expected to do individualised work.
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