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School of Computer Sciences

Universiti Sains Malaysia

CST 131 Computer Organisation

ASSIGNMENT 2

NAME : NURUL AMIRAH BT MUSTAPHA

MATRIC NUMBER : 115110

NAME : NOOR SYAHIRAH BT NORSAMSUDDIN

MATRIC NUMBER : 115085


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INTRODUCTION

Data corp. Enterprise, a software house is expending. A new budget has been approved and a newbranch should be operational by the end of December 2012. As a manager in the infrastructure

Department, i need to conduct an analysis in purchasing the following items for the new branch.

A) 2 server for local use and 1 server for remote use.

B) 20 desktop and 10 laptop

C) Peripheral devices

D) Smartphone

In the software house there are 3 major role, software designer/programmer who create the

technical specification and write the software, business analyst who define the business needs of the

market and software tester who are responsible for the whole process of quality management. I also

include one more specialization in this new branch which is Graphic designer because they

are responsible for the design of the graphical user interface.

pyramid showing risk and time cost of change

In a software house the most time will be on the testing of the product. So in testing and

programming the worker is more than the analyst considering the time management. The desktop

and laptop will be divided according to these sub teams. So in order to purchase server, desktop and

laptop we need to consider the work specification and the specialization of each of the employee.

There is 20 employee hired for the new branch which consists of these 3 team. So I divide the choiceof the laptop and desktop according to their role. There is 20 desktop and 10 laptop to consider. The

peripherals devices purchased also for the basic use in office work and there will be a token of

appreciation, so a Smartphone will be given to each employee.


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MOTIVATION

Assalamualaikum

First of all, I would like to impress the gratefulness of how we feel because finally we are manage to

complete and finish doing our second assignment of CPT 13 Computer Organisation. Well, as we all

know, this assignment is very important to us since the marks will be taken and calculate based on

the achievement of this assignment for the final result.

Secondly, I would like to thanked several important people who help us to finish this assignment.

Thankyou so much to our CPT 131 Computer Organisation lecturer, PROF MADYA DR CHEAH YU-N

and DR MANMEET KAUR for patiently teach us and help us in doing our assignment. Not forget to

our parents who have helped and support us and to all my friends.

Finally, thank you to any parties who have helped me directly or indirectly during my project carried

out and completed


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FLOWCHART

Collect data from resources materials

Example of resources materials are internet, lacture

notes reference books

Make roughly drafts before going through with the analysis

which calculate the budget that have been approved

Start do the analysis about our main idea which is make a new

branch for our company

Do the research about the server which 2 server for local use

and 1 server for remote use. Then decide the peripheral devices

that want to be used in our company.

As a token of appreciation, we decided to give away a

smartphone for each employee.

Do research on which smartphone will be

choose as the gift.iphone 5


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DATA COLLECTION

Data gathering strategies include:

Experiments trials:

- observing the pros and cons of the new branch of the software house (e.g., know the best

design based on the given budget )

Obtaining relevant data from management information systems.

- Administering surveys at others company and get the detailed information from our branch

company


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ANALYSIS

server

type Tower server

Motherboard and

Processor

structure

MOTHERBOARD AND PROCESSOR

Motherboard: Intel 5520

Number of Processor Sockets: 2

Instruction Set: 32 Bit,64 Bit, x86

Chipset: Intel 5520

Core Configurations: Quad-Core, Hex-CoreCompatible Processors: Intel Xeon E5600,Intel Xeon L5600,Intel Xeon X5600

memory MEMORY

Standard Memory

1 GB

Maximum Memory

192 GB

Memory Slots

18 DIMM Slots

DIMM Size Supported

1 GB,2 GB,4 GB,8 GB,16 GB

Supported Memory Functions

RDIMM,UDIMMUDIMM Memory Supported

DDR3 1066,DDR3 1333

RDIMM Memory Supported

DDR3 1066,DDR3 1333Memory Protection

Unbuffered ECC, Registered ECC, Mirrored MemorySDDC, Lockstep, Memory Patrol

MEMORY

CACHE

Cache Type

L1 Cache,L2 Cache,L3 Cache

Maximum Cache

8 MB

STORAGE

Maximum Storage

24 TB


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desktop

business analyst Tester/programmer Graphic designer

quantity 4 10 6

Desktop type (bussiness/office) (workstation type) (performance)

INPUT/OUTPUTCONNECTIONS

Ethernet Ports

2

USB 2.0 Ports

6

VGA Ports

1Additional I/O Ports

Keyboard,Mouse

NETWORKNetwork Controller

Ethernet Standard Supported Ethernet

Fast Ethernet, Gigabit EthernetSupported Port Configurations

Dual, Quad

SOFTWARE

Supported Operating Platforms

Microsoft Windows

Linux

Apple Mac OS


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specification Cpu

Intel Core i5 i5-650 / 3.2

GHz

Core

Dual-Core

Memory2.0 GB / 16.0 GB (max)

Cache memory

4 MB

Graphics

Intel HD Graphics

Dynamic Video Memory

Technology 5.0

Hard drive

1.0 x 500.0 GB, 7200.0

rpm

Operating systemMicrosoft Windows 7

Professional / XP

Professional downgrade

Networking

Fast Ethernet,

Gigabit Ethernet,

Ethernet

Input and output

USB 2.0,

IEEE FireWire ,

integrated AudioOutput,keyboard

Cpu

Intel Xeon,

W3565 / 3.2 GHz

Core

Quad-Core

Memory6 GB,

32 GB (max) 1066 MHz

Cache memory

L3 cache - 8 MB

Graphics

ATI Radeon HD 5770

Hard drive

1 TB, 7200 rpm

Operating system

Apple OS X 10.8

Mountain LionNetworking

Ethernet Ports,

Wireless LAN

Supported

Input and output

USB 2.0,

IEEE FireWire ,

integrated Audio

Output, keyboard, USB

3.0

CPU

3.1GHzCore i7-980X

quad-core processor

Memory

12GB of Triple Channel DDR3MemoryCache memory

L3 cache 8 MB

Graphics64MB PCIe x16 nVidia Quadro

NVS 285, Dual DVI or Dual VGA

Capable

Hard drives

2TB, 7,200rpm

Operating system

Window 7/ window 8

Networking

Gigabit Ethernet, wireless

Input and output:

PS/2,USB 2.0, IEEE 1394a,eSATA 3GB/s, Audio Ports,card reader

laptop

analysis Tester/programmer Graphic designer

quantity 2 5 3


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specification

Screen Size : 15.6"

Type : Budget, Business

Operating System :

Microsoft Windows

Processor : Intel Core i3-

2350M, 2.30GHz

Memory : 4 GB PC3-

12800 DDR3

Cache: 3M Cache

Hard Drive : 750GB

Hard Disk Drive,7200rpm

Graphics : Intel HD

Graphics 3000 in

processor,

Input and output:

USB 3.0,

Powered USB 2.0,

VGA,

HDMI,

LAN,

Headphone/microphone

combo jack

Screen Size : 16"

Type:dektop

replacement

Processor : 2.3GHz IntelCore i7-3610Quad-Core

OS : Mac OS X v10.6

Snow Leopard

Processor Speed : 2.20

GHz

Hard Drive : 750 GB

RAM details : 8GB(2x2GB) 1333MHz DDR3

Cache: 8 MB

Hard Drive details :

750GB 5400-rpm Serial

ATA hard drive

Display and video

details : Intel HD

Graphics 3000 and AMD

Radeon HD 6750M

Input and output:

USB 3.0,

Powered USB 2.0,

VGA,

HDMI,

LAN,

Headphone/microphonecombo jack

Screen Size : 17.3"

Type: desktop

replacement

Processor : Intel Core i7-3920XM Extreme Quad

core

Processor Speed : 2.9GHz

to 4.5GHz

RAM : 16GB

Cache: 8 MB

Graphics (Integrated) :Intel HD 4000

Graphics Card : GeForce

GTX 765M

VRAM : 2GB Dedicated

GDDR5

Hard Drive : 2x 1TB

Input and output:

Digital Audio Out ,USB

2.0 , USB 3.0 , eSATA

HDMI Display Port ,DVI-

I , LAN, Bluetooth

Headphone output,

Microphone input,


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Peripheral devices:

Printer :

HP Photosmart 5510 e-All-in-One Printer - B111a (CQ176A)

The diagram shows HP printer that we use in our company. We choose printer as one of

peripheral devices in our company because as we all know, we need printer in our life every day to

do many things for example to print documents, letters, picture and many more. Printer is

considered common everyday hardware but there are still a few aspects of this equipment you need

to take into consideration before purchasing. Things like price, size and resolution are all things to

take into account before making your purchase. The following is a specific information about the

printer.

HP ePrint capability: yes

Connectivity, standard: 1 USB 2.0

Print speed black: Up to 11 ppm

Print speed color: Up to 7.5 ppm

Duty cycle (monthly, A4): Up to 1000 pages

Recommended monthly page volume: 400 to 500

Functions: Print, scan, copy

Paper handling input, standard: 80-sheet input tray

Mouse :


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GPS Navigation A-GPS/GLONASS receiver

Resistance Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating

Operating System iOS 6

Processor type Apple A6

Sensor Resolution 8 megapixels

Navigation Software &Services

Apple Maps

DISCUSSION

serverI choose a tower type server because it suitable for 1-75 workers and the server features a clean,

logical layout of components and power supply placement for quick installation and simplified

deployment. This server also can run both as a local use and as a remote use.

Since this software house consists of running heavy application and graphics also Video or audio files

can take up much more room than other kinds of data and tend to proliferate quickly. So the server

must have large capacity of storage. Management With up to 16 hard drives and up to 144GB of

memory, the server is ideal for large capacity computing. Configuration from the front of the server.

For remote management, the base server offers an embedded Express card, which shares the first

network port to provide web browser access to the server. This fits into a proprietary socket on the

motherboard and presents a dedicated network management port at the rear.

With Intel Xeon E5600,Intel Xeon L5600 and Intel Xeon X5600 as compatible processors the Data

center design for cloud computing solutions includes unified networking with 10 gigabit Ethernet,

cloud storage, trusted computing, and power management. Performance boosts to 80% and reduce

I/O network latency which give faster access to network.

desktopFor the business analyst the type of desktop I choose was for business purpose desktop. Since the

dual-processor is suitable for such task with Intel Core i5 i5-650 / 3.2 GHz as the processor. Well-run

software houses possess various systems and procedures implemented and working internally

across all the sub-teams. For business analyst the modelling tool was for conducting management of

the business. It requires less storage than consumer PCs so I choose less RAM for the desktop. And

the operating system is either Microsoft Windows 7 Professional / XP both suitable for office task

and itwill have business features. Hard drive is where the data is stored, so I choose5000.0 GB, with

7200.0 rpm so it has suitable storage capacity and data retrieve speed.

The desktop both the programmer and testers will conduct heavy task such as coding, bug tracking,

antivirus and software versioning. The suitable desktop for such tasks will be the workstation type. It

offered higher performance than normal desktop computer. The type of processor suitable for this

task is Intel Xeon, W3565 / 3.2 GHz. Many multicore processors are composed of two separate dies,

which means some cached data has to travel outside the processor to get from core to core. Thats

an inefficient way to access information. Enter the Quad-Core and 6-Core Intel Xeon processors.


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Their single-die, 64-bit architecture makes 8MB or 12MB of fully shared L3 cache readily available to

each of the processor cores. The result is fast access to cache data and greater application

performance. Combine that with the other technological advances and you get a Mac Pro thats up

to 1.5x faster than the previous generation.What makes OS X a powerful operating system is thetechnology behind it: a fully certified UNIX foundation. With a rock-solid UNIX infrastructure, its one

of the most secure and stable operating systems on any platform. Its fully UNIX compliant. That

means it compiles and runs all your existing UNIX code, so you can deploy it in environments that

demand full conformance. The result: Software performs exactly as its meant to. And because the

powerful tools built into OS X improve application performance on multicore processors, it is the

ideal for the workstation desktop.

Finally for the graphic designer the purchase desktop will require large RAM and storage. Intel i7-

980X processor Works great with graphic software such as adobe suite and autodesk max, maya and

rhinoceros. Because it is proofed a faster processor. If you're doing a lot of video editing or

transcoding, or spending hours with Adobe's Creative Suite or other fully threaded, multi-core-aware

programs, the Core i7-980X is clearly a class-leading CPU.Intel Core i7 processors deliver top-of-the-

line performance for your All-in-One or Standard PC. Intel Core i7 processors keep up with your most

demanding tasks for a difference you can see and feel in HD or 3D, multitasking or multimedia. The

Intel Core i7 processors include advanced technologies that deliver faster, smoother, and richer PC

and visual experiences for all of your favorite, demanding activitiesfrom editing film to mind-

blowing gaming. Graphic designer also need graphic feature. The Discrete graphics cards continue to

provide significantly higher performance than most integrated graphics solutions and for graphics

creation you will need something like an nVidia Quadro NVS 285, Dual DVI or Dual VGA Capable.

VIDIA Quadro NVS 285 is dual-head graphics card that delivers next-generation multi-display

capabilities to professional 2D and 3D gaming applications. Since running media and graphicapplication need a lot of space so the desktop must have large storage. So I choose 2TB with 7200

rpm hard drive.

laptopFor laptop also the same. Business laptop specifications are lesser than both other laptop to

purchase since it need much lesser requirement. Common applications like Office, Internet and

communication applications are pretty easy tasks for the laptop and only load the notebook

minimally considering the Intel Core i3 processor and RAM. Even image editing, spreadsheets or

converting files to different formats are no problem for the system and can be assigned such use-

cases without hesitation. So it was quite suitable for office and business use. A conventional 750GBhard disk from Western Digital is used as the primary storage device with 7200rpm drive. I also

choose minimal features on solid connectivity options that should cover most use-cases.but, it does

not feature an eSATA port or an ExpressCard slot. VGA and HDMI connect to external analog and

digital monitors and TVs respectively. The three USB 3.0 ports are new and now provide fast data

transfer to external storage peripherals such as hard disks (129 MB/s sequential read). A powered

USB 2.0 port which enables charging of external devices even when the notebook is off, is also

onboard again it combined audio jack significantly restricts the choice of headsets with separate

jacks and prevents the further use of existing peripherals that have two separate inputs.

The tester and programmer need a powerful laptop which require a large capacity and processorspeed. They also need a security within the application so I choose Mac OS X as the operating system
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and a desktop replacement type. The Mac OS X Leopard operating system let's it also use the

Windows operatings system via the official Boot Camp release. This is great for designers needed to

work or test in both environments. It Equipped with a 2.3GHz Intel Core i7-3610Quad-Core

processor, the maximum 8GB of RAM, a 750GB hard drive, and nVidia's new top-of-the-line

notebook graphics card, Intel HD Graphics 3000 and AMD Radeon HD 6750M. The processor was the

3rd generation from Intel that enables multitasking and with 8GB RAM the laptop could performed

better and faster for running difficult task and heavy application.

For the graphic designer, the purchased laptops also need to be fast and have large capacity of

storage. As we know the graphic designer work mainly involved with multimedia task, video, 3D

graphics and etc. Which require a fast processor so that multitask could occur. Same as the

programmer and tester the laptop consists of 3rd Generation Intel Core which gives incredible

performance paired with stunning visuals. The Intel Core i7 processors, with quad-core power, allow

you to breeze through demanding tasks like archiving your high-resolution photos, building your

audio library, or rendering a multilayered image file.

The brand-new Core i7-3920XM Extreme Edition, featuring the all-new Ivy Bridge microarchitecture.

This quad-core, among the first CPUs to feature Intels 3D Tri-Gate transistors leaves the factory

running at 2.9GHz, with a Max Turbo frequency of 4.5GHz. The machine is outfitted with 16GB

(four 4GB sticks) of DDR3, 1,333MHz memory running in dual-channel mode.

Ivy Bridge processors also include the new Intel HD Graphics 4000 integrated graphics processor.

Compared to the Intel HD Graphics 3000 in Sandy Bridge CPUs, the HD 4000 card was completely

redesigned and offers improved DirectX 11 capable shaders, Hardware Tessellation, a dedicated

level 3 cache (before the Last Level Cache LLC of the CPU) and DirectCompute support. The IPC

(instructions per clock) can therefore be even 2x as fast as with Sandy Bridge and overall up to 60%

more performance (3DMark Vantage) should be possible. The graphic card GeForce GTX 765M also

give a great performance especially when designing games which require high definition display and

3D. The laptop include with the same basic input and output infrastructure except for graphic

designer which have additional eSata and thunderbolt ports

Peripherals devices.In computing, a printer is a peripheral which produces a hard copy (permanent readable text

and/or graphics) of documents stored in electronic form, usually on physical print media such as

paper or transparencies. Many printers are primarily used as local peripherals, and are attached by a

printer cable or, in most newer printers, a USB cable to a computer which serves as a document

source. Some printers, commonly known as network printers, have built-in network interfaces

(typically wireless and/or Ethernet), and can serve as a hardcopy device for any user on the network.

Individual printers are often designed to support both local and network connected users at the

same time. In addition, a few modern printers can directly interface to electronic media such as

memory sticks or memory cards, or to image capture devices such as digital cameras, scanners;

some printers are combined with a scanners and/or fax machines in a single unit, and can function

as photocopiers. Printers that include non-printing features are sometimes called Multifunction

printers (MFP), Multi-Function Devices (MFD), or All-In-One (AIO) printers. Most MFPs include

printing, scanning, and copying among their features.
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In computing, a mouse is a pointing device that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion

relative to its supporting surface. Physically, a mouse consists of an object held under one of the

user's hands, with one or more buttons.

The mouse sometimes features other elements, such as "wheels", which allow the user to perform

various system-dependent operations, or extra buttons or features that can add more control or

dimensional input. The mouse's motion typically translates into the motion of a pointer on a display,

which allows for fine control of a graphical user interface.

Since mouse is very important and needed while we are using computers, so we decide to choose

a wireless mouse as a peripheral devices in our company. We use wireless device because it is easy

to use and carry out everywhere we go.

smartphoneAnd As a token of appreciation, a Smartphone will be given to each employee in our company. Let

me briefing a little bit about what is smartphone. A smartphone is a mobile phone built on a mobileoperating system, with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than a feature phone.

The first smartphones combined the functions of a personal digital assistant (PDA) with a mobile

phone. Later models added the functionality of portable media players, low-end compact digital

cameras, pocket video cameras, and GPS navigation units to form one multi-use device. Modern

smartphones also include high-resolution touchscreens and web browsers that display standard web

pages as well as mobile-optimized sites. High-speed data access is provided by Wi-Fi and Mobile

Broadband. The most common mobile operating systems (OS) used by modern smartphones include

Google's Android, Apple's iOS, Nokia's Symbian, RIM's BlackBerry OS, Samsung's Bada, Microsoft's

Windows Phone, Hewlett-Packard's webOS, and embedded Linux distributions such as Maemo and

MeeGo. So our company have decided to choose iphone 5 to give away to our 20 employee.


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CONCLUSION

As a conclusion, the analysis was to provide the suitable item to purchase for the new Data

corp. branch. The data was collected from many resources in order to make analysis for the

suitable purchased item for the new software house branch. The server purchased was atower type, it is suitable for a small business with less than 75 number of employee. And the

server can be local use and remote use as it will connect to the other computer via the

Ethernet ports and connect to the networks. The desktop and laptop was purchased with

specification on the work specialization which is divided by business analyst,

programmer/designer and graphic designer. These 3 have some different in choices of

hardware specification as well as the operating system according to the diffenrent in each

work tasks. The peripherals devices was purchased for the basic office use as mouse and

printer/scanner and the smartphone was chosen for the employee as the token of

appreciation was iphone 5.


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REFERENCES LIST

Computer Organization and Architecture, Designing for Performance, eight editionby William Stallings

http://reviews.cnet.com/desktop-computer-buying-guide/

http://www.geek.com/desktop-computer-buyers-guide/

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2394484,00.asp

http://reviews.cnet.com/laptop-buying-guide/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_house

http://www.intel.my/content/www/us/en/processors/core/core-i7-processor.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core

http://www.apple.com/macpro/


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APPENDIX


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