Assignment encik anwar Part 1

                                 

                                       

NAME : ATIQAH BINTI AZIZAN

PRACTICUM : S3AP4

MATRIC NO. : MS1612604936

TITLE : CATEGORIES OF COMPUTERS

(SUPERCOMPUTERS

AND MAINFRAME COMPUTERS)

CATEGORIES               

OF COMPUTERS  

                                            SUPERCOMPUTERS

&

MAINFRAMES

Table of Contents

COVER 1

TITLE:CATEGORIES OF COMPUTERS (SUPERCOMPUTERS AND MAINFRAME COMPUTERS) 2

     Table of Contents 3

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER 4

Categories of computer 5

SUPERCOMPUTERS 6

      I)Definition and Vendors of Supercomputers……………………………………………………………………………………..7

      II)Applications of Supercomputers……………………………………………………………………………………………………..8

MAINFRAME COMPUTERS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………9

     I)Definition and Vendors of Mainframe computers……………………………………………………………………………10

     II)Applications of Mainframe computers……………………………………………………………………………………………11

COMPARISON BETWEEN SUPERCOMPUTERS AND MAINFRAME COMPUTERS…………………………………..12

BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………13     

    

WHAT IS A

COMPUTER?? 

CATEGORIES OF COMPUTERS

-SUPERCOMPUTERS

-MAINFRAME COMPUTERS

-PERSONAL COMPUTERS (PCs)

-MOBILE COMPUTERS AND DEVICES

-EMBEDDED COMPUTERS

 (A)

SUPERCOMPUTERS

      I) SUPERCOMPUTERS

DEFINITION:

THE FASTEST AND MOST POWERFUL TYPE OF COMPUTER THAT IS CAPABLE OF PROCESSING TRILLIONS OF INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND.

Top 5 companies that are supplying the supercomputers of 2015.

1.IBM (International Business Machines Corporation)

Cores: 7,346,514
Machines: 153

2. HP (Hewlett-Packard Company)  

Cores: 3,747,812

 Machines: 179

3. Cray (Cray Inc.) 

Cores: 3,583,180
 Machines: 62

4. NUDT (The National University of Defence Technology,China) 

 Cores: 3,547,648
  Machines: 5

5. Fujitsu (Fujitsu Ltd.)

Cores: 915,974
 Machines: 8

II)APPLICATIONS OF SUPERCOMPUTERS

•NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH

•MOLECULAR CALCULATIONS

•PETROLEUM EXPLORATION

•WEATHER FORECASTING

•SIMULATIONS AND APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE

•AEROSPACE RESEARCH

•BREAKING ENCRYPTION CODES

COMPANIES/INSTITUTION THAT USES SUPERCOMPUTERS:

- International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

- National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

- University Of Purdue