3.2 PC Systems Components
3.2 PC Systems Components
Case and case styles Read up on several computer form factors.
Past: PC, XT, & AT (Wikipedia:
IBM_PC
)
Current: ATX (Wikipedia:
Atx
)
Future: BTX (Wikipedia:
BTX_(form_factor)
)
Interesting: mini-ITX, nano-ITX & pico-ITX (Wikipedia:
mini-ITX
),
(Wikipedia:
nano-ITX
)
& (Wikipedia:
pico-ITX
)
Apple
(Wikipedia:
Apple_Inc.
)
Processors
Intel
(Wikipedia:
Intel
),
Advanced Micro Devices, AMD
(Wikipedia:
AMD
),
and
VIA Technologies, Inc.
(Wikipedia:
VIA_Technologies
).
RAM Memory
Delay line memory (Wikipedia:
Delay_line_memory
)
Core memory (Wikipedia:
Core_memory
)
Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory -- EPROM (Wikipedia:
EPROM
)
Flash (Wikipedia:
Flash_memory
)
Bubble (Wikipedia:
Bubble_memory
)
Static (Wikipedia:
Static_random_access_memory
)
DRAM (Wikipedia:
Dynamic_random_access_memory
)
see: ECC section
SDRAM synchronous dynamic random access memory SDR, DDR, DDR2, DDR3, & DDR4 (Wikipedia:
SDRAM
)
memtest86.com (memtest86) & memtest86.org (memtest86+) (Wikipedia:
memtest86
)
Rambus http://www.rambus.com/us/ (Wikipedia:
RDRAM
)
Compatibility
Price/Vendors - History & Projections
Ferroelectric RAM (Wikipedia:
Ferroelectric_RAM
)
Memresistor (Wikipedia:
Memresistor
)
Manufacturers Micron Technology, Hitachi, Samsung
Chip-sets
Non-volatile storage -- hard disks, CD-ROM, DVD, flash, & floppy.
Power supply
Printers, monitors, and peripherals
Networking
System configuration - "CMOS settings".
BIOS
Instructor: Louis Taber,
louis.taber.at.pima at gmail dot com
(520) 206-6850
My web
site
in
California
The
Pima Community College
web site
3.2 PC Systems Components
