about RISC and CISC

Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) CPUs were introduced by a series of companies that liked to keep the instruction sets very simple. This was due to the belief that the RISC architecture could make the microprocessor perform faster by incorporating many reduced instructions.
Intel and AMD chose to stick to the CISC [...]

In The Beginning, There Was MMX

In 1997, Intel introduced their MMX feature with the Pentium II microprocessor. This is a trade name for Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD) capability. The MMX special instruction set was primarily aimed at the emerging complex multimedia features. 3D graphics processing stormed the second half of the previous decade and Intel [...]

a Little Story About Multitasking

Intel’s 386 was the first CPU to feature hardware and special instructions that supported true multitasking. Nowadays, it is common to see several applications running simultaneously. But this is only an apparent thing, as no more than one program can be executed at any particular time. This is due to the blazing fast speeds of [...]

CPU-Memory Interaction

We still haven’t figured out how the microprocessor can keep track of all that memory capacity that put your wallet in some difficulty. To answer that, we need to talk about some of the components of a microprocessor. It’s time to zoom in inside the CPU and start looking for those legendary [...]

Inside a Motherboard

Ever wonder what’s inside your motherboard?? Well, here we go:
The motherboard’s primary goal is to house the computer’s CPU chip and grant every other component quick access to it. Everything you see in your computer is somehow connected to the motherboard. Motherboards also have a standard form factor, but I consider this [...]

Operating System: File Operations

The OS provides systems calls to create, write, read, reset, and delete files. The following discusses the [...]

File System: NTFS or FAT

You can choose between three file systems for disk partitions on a computer running [...]

101 Windows XP “Run” Command

This are list of command that you can type in the run command in Windows XP to call the program.
Press “Windows button” + “R“
or: Go to StartMenu>RUN> “Command “
The commands are:
Accessibility Controls
access.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard
hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs
appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools
control admintools
Automatic Updates
wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard
fsquirt
Calculator
calc
Certificate Manager
certmgr.msc
Character Map
charmap
Check Disk Utility
chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer
clipbrd
Command Prompt
cmd
Component Services
dcomcnfg
Computer Management
compmgmt.msc
Date and Time Properties
timedate.cpl
DDE Shares
ddeshare
Device Manager
devmgmt.msc
Direct [...]

Windows Vista Capable or Premium Ready PCs

Vista Capable is:
A new PC that carries the Windows Vista Capable PC logo can run Windows Vista. All editions of Windows Vista will deliver core experiences such as innovations in organizing and finding information, security, and reliability. All Windows Vista Capable PCs will run these core experiences at a minimum. Some features available in the [...]

Yup, Windows Vista is on the shelves…

have you seen Vista official site?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.aspx
According to the website, a minimum requirements for Vista is:
- a 800MHz processor (800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor),
- 20 giga byte harddrive (with 15gigs of free space),
- 512MB system memory,
- a 800 x 600 GPU, and
- everything along with it to run
Many people are enthusias with the [...]