101 The many faces of a computer A modern car incorporates several computers. Even a dish washer or a microwave oven contains a computer today. Where do we find computers and how do they compare to an ordinary PC? Show Edit Destroy 102 Computers in history From what did the computer originate? How has the computer evolved over time up until the modern CPU? Show Edit Destroy 103 Modern CPUs How are the processor companies able to increase the performance of modern CPUs? What are the differences between the different architectures? Show Edit Destroy 104 Power Supplies How has the power supply evolved over time and why? Are there any problems to solve in this area? What about UPS? Show Edit Destroy 105 RAM How has RAM evolved over time? How does a modern RAM work internally? Show Edit Destroy 106 BIOS How has BIOS evolved over time? Are there any problems with this technique? Show Edit Destroy 107 Expansion How has the expansion bus standards evolved over time? Explain how a modern bus standard works. Show Edit Destroy 108 Motherboards How has the motherboards evolved over time? What formfactors are available today? Are there any problems related to the formfactors? Show Edit Destroy 109 Hard drives How has hard drives evolved over time? What modern types of hard drives are there? What performance trade offs are there? Show Edit Destroy 110 Removable media What other storage solutions besides hard drives are there? How has these evolved over time? What capacity and performance do they have? Show Edit Destroy 111 I/O What modern devices for human interaction are there? How has these evolved over time? What awaits in the future? Show Edit Destroy 112 Video What types modern video processors are there today? What performance trade offs are there? How have these evolved over time? Show Edit Destroy 113 Audio What modern types of audio processors and audio interfaces are there today? How have these evolved over time? Are there any problems with modern sound processors? Show Edit Destroy 114 Printers What different types of printers are there? How do they work on the inside? How have they evolved over time? What performance trade offs are there? Show Edit Destroy 115 Networking What kind of modern network processors are there? How have this evolved over time? How does the network processors function at a low level? Show Edit Destroy 116 Cooling What different types of colling are there available today? What are their performance trade offs? What costs are involved? Show Edit Destroy 117 External buses What types of external buses are there? For what purpose? What performance do they have? Show Edit Destroy 118 Displays What types of displays are there available on the market today? How do they work on a low level? What are the performance trade offs? Show Edit Destroy