The scaling of silicon technology has been ongoing for over forty years. We
are on our way to commercializing devices having a minimum feature size of
one-tenlh of a micron. The push for miniaturization comes from the demand
for higher functionality and higher performance at a lower cost. As a result,
successively higher levels of...
Computers are at the heart of most activities nowadays. A processor is the central component of
a computer, but nowadays, we can find processors embedded in many other components, such as
game consoles, consumer electronic devices and cars, just to mention a few.
This lecture presents a thorough study of the microarchitecture...
Learn to achieve the best possible images with minimal lighting equipment
Author Bob Davis is a photographer whose high-profile clients include Oprah Winfrey and Eva Longoria, and whose work has appeared in Time, OMagazine, and People. Along with his invaluable professional advice, this beautiful...
One day,Erica and her husband took the kids out for ice cream, and she noticed
a big advertisement hanging above the counter. It said, “Bring in your digital photographs.
We’ll put them on ice cream cakes.” She found the manager and asked what was
involved. “It’s simple,” she said. “Just bring...
The ubiquitous nature of the Internet is dramatically revolutionizing the manner in which
organizations and individuals share information. Developed out of necessity during the cold
war, the Internet was created as a means to help governmental institutions and collegiate
institutions send documents and research materials electronically...
Recently, the rapid and fundamental advances in computing technologies have been driving the role and
scope of software systems to a new level. A number of new types of software systems are emerging,
among which service based systems, cloud computing, pervasive computing, and Internet of Things are
eminent examples. For these systems,...
The Freescale HCS12 (also known as 9S12) microcontroller family was initially designed for
automotive applications. The design of the HCS12 combines most features common in major
8-bit and 16-bit microcontrollers.
1. Full-feature timer system. The HCS12 timer system provides input-capture, outputcompare,
pulse-width...
Grid Computing was a vision of using and sharing computers and data in the early
1990s. The integration, coordination, and sharing of computer resources which are
geographically disperse among different physical domains and organizations
became an every day reality. This emerging infrastructure aims to provide a mechanism
for sharing...
PowerShell is a scripting language built into Windows Server 2008 R2 servers. PowerShell is designed to help you perform routine and repetitive tasks in a scriptable fashion. PowerShell helps alleviate many of the time-consuming and tedious tasks administrators have had to do in the past. You may have used various scripting technologies over...
As a business owner, you are probably faced with hundreds of decisions that must be made weekly. Diving headlong into a technical effort might be scary. Diving into a security and operations effort is something you likely don't know how to do.
That's where this book comes in. This book helps you fill in the blanks for...
This book is dedicated to my husband, Todd A. Tudor, and my three children,
Drew, Allyssa, and Chad, who spent many hours patiently waiting for
my time and attention while this book was being written.
Profits from this book will be contributed to the children of the world
through the YMCA in Ethiopia, Africa, and through The...
