Circuit électroniquealt=Circuit électronique du RaspberryPi|vignette|Circuit électronique du RaspberryPi Un circuit électronique est un circuit électrique comprenant des composants électroniques interconnectés dont le but est de remplir une fonction. Un circuit électronique est souvent réalisé sur un circuit imprimé et, parmi ses composants, certains sont fréquemment eux-mêmes des circuits électroniques intégrés. Un circuit électronique peut être étudié comme une boîte noire dont on ne considère que les grandeurs électriques présentes à chacune de ses connections extérieures.
Encoding (memory)Memory has the ability to encode, store and recall information. Memories give an organism the capability to learn and adapt from previous experiences as well as build relationships. Encoding allows a perceived item of use or interest to be converted into a construct that can be stored within the brain and recalled later from long-term memory. Working memory stores information for immediate use or manipulation, which is aided through hooking onto previously archived items already present in the long-term memory of an individual.
FR-V (microprocessor)The Fujitsu FR-V (Fujitsu RISC-VLIW) is one of the very few processors ever able to process both a very long instruction word (VLIW) and vector processor instructions at the same time, increasing throughput with high parallel computing while increasing performance per watt and hardware efficiency. The family was presented in 1999. Its design was influenced by the VPP500/5000 models of the Fujitsu VP/2000 vector processor supercomputer line.
Grille informatiqueUne grille informatique (en anglais, grid) est une infrastructure virtuelle constituée d'un ensemble de ressources informatiques potentiellement partagées, distribuées, hétérogènes, délocalisées et autonomes. Une grille est en effet une infrastructure, c'est-à-dire des équipements techniques d'ordres matériel et logiciel. Cette infrastructure est qualifiée de virtuelle car les relations entre les entités qui la composent n'existent pas sur le plan matériel mais d'un point de vue logique.
Utility computingUtility computing, or computer utility, is a service provisioning model in which a service provider makes computing resources and infrastructure management available to the customer as needed, and charges them for specific usage rather than a flat rate. Like other types of on-demand computing (such as grid computing), the utility model seeks to maximize the efficient use of resources and/or minimize associated costs. Utility is the packaging of system resources, such as computation, storage and services, as a metered service.
Manycore processorManycore processors are special kinds of multi-core processors designed for a high degree of parallel processing, containing numerous simpler, independent processor cores (from a few tens of cores to thousands or more). Manycore processors are used extensively in embedded computers and high-performance computing. Manycore processors are distinct from multi-core processors in being optimized from the outset for a higher degree of explicit parallelism, and for higher throughput (or lower power consumption) at the expense of latency and lower single-thread performance.
History of the transistorA transistor is a semiconductor device with at least three terminals for connection to an electric circuit. In the common case, the third terminal controls the flow of current between the other two terminals. This can be used for amplification, as in the case of a radio receiver, or for rapid switching, as in the case of digital circuits. The transistor replaced the vacuum-tube triode, also called a (thermionic) valve, which was much larger in size and used significantly more power to operate.
Intel PentiumLIntel Pentium est le microprocesseur de de la famille Intel x86. Lancé en , il succède à l' et précède le Pentium Pro. Le Pentium MMX est une évolution mineure du Pentium. Intel a réutilisé la marque déposée « Pentium » pour de nombreux autres microprocesseurs, et le premier microprocesseur à porter ce nom est parfois appelé Pentium original pour le distinguer des suivants.
Point-contact transistorThe point-contact transistor was the first type of transistor to be successfully demonstrated. It was developed by research scientists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain at Bell Laboratories in December 1947. They worked in a group led by physicist William Shockley. The group had been working together on experiments and theories of electric field effects in solid state materials, with the aim of replacing vacuum tubes with a smaller device that consumed less power.
Coïncidence (informatique)En informatique, l'opérateur logique coïncidence, également NON-OU exclusif (XNOR) et équivalence logique, peut se définir par la phrase suivante : On peut noter qu'il s'agit de la négation du OU exclusif, souvent noté XOR. On le nomme parfois (bien qu'abusivement) « identité » ou encore ET exclusif (XAND). Son symbole est traditionnellement un point ("DOT" en anglais) dans un cercle : « ⊙ ». Appelons A et B les deux opérandes considérés.
Reconfigurable computingReconfigurable computing is a computer architecture combining some of the flexibility of software with the high performance of hardware by processing with very flexible high speed computing fabrics like field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The principal difference when compared to using ordinary microprocessors is the ability to make substantial changes to the datapath itself in addition to the control flow. On the other hand, the main difference from custom hardware, i.e.
Simultaneous multithreadingLe simultaneous multithreading (SMT) est une technique informatique datant des années 1960. Il s'agit d'une forme de multithreading, une technique qui consiste, comme le symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), à augmenter le TLP (thread level parallelism), c’est-à-dire le parallélisme des threads. Le SMT est le partage d'un cœur de processeur superscalaire (les pipelines, les unités de calcul et les caches) entre plusieurs threads.
