Lecture 28 - Computer Engineering1Copyright Baylor University 2006 1Introduction to Engineering 1301Computer EngineeringLength: approximately 23 minutes. Audio should start automatically. Continue to the next slide. Copyright Baylor University 20062Dr. Steven Eisenbarth, Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringCopyright Baylor University 20063Computer Engineering Relatively new engineering discipline Developed first as a sub-discipline of electrical engineering. As computer (digital) systems developed in complexity, specialized knowledge for designing these systems developed. Discipline continues to grow as digital systems expand into new and innovative applications.Lecture 28 - Computer Engineering2Copyright Baylor University 20064ENIAC (circa 1946)From: http://ftp.arl.mil/ftp/historic-computers/Copyright Baylor University 20065Vacuum Tube (circa 1950)Copyright Baylor University 20066IBM 701 (Circa 1952)From: http://www.cedmagic.com/history/http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/701/701_intro.htmlLecture 28 - Computer Engineering3Copyright Baylor University 20067701 Vacuum Tube “Pluggable” Modulehttp://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/701.htmlCopyright Baylor University 20068Transistor MuseumThese are two of the earliest Raytheon Blue transistors, first appearing in 1955.TransistorsCopyright Baylor University 20069MIT TX0 (circa 1953)From: http://www.computermuseum.li/Testpage/MIT-TX0-Computer.htmLecture 28 - Computer Engineering4Copyright Baylor University 200610SAGE Air Defense System (circa 1960)http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/TheCompMusRep/TCMR-V04.htmlCopyright Baylor University 200611CDC-6600 Supercomputer (circa 1964)From: http://www.cedmagic.com/history/Copyright Baylor University 200612PDP-8 Desktop Minicomputer (Circa 1965)From: http://www.cedmagic.com/history/Lecture 28 - Computer Engineering5Copyright Baylor University 200613IBM 5100 Personal Computer (circa 1975)From: http://www.cedmagic.com/history/Copyright Baylor University 200614Cray I Supercomputer (circa 1976)http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/art-19224Copyright Baylor University 200615Integrated Circuits (Circa 1978)Lecture 28 - Computer Engineering6Copyright Baylor University 200616Radio Shack TRS-80 (circa 1979)From: http://www.cedmagic.com/history/Copyright Baylor University 200617IBM PC-1 (circa 1981)From: http://www.cedmagic.com/history/Copyright Baylor University 200618Xerox Star GUI Interface (circa 1981)From: http://www.cedmagic.com/history/Lecture 28 - Computer Engineering7Copyright Baylor University 200619Apple Lisa (circa 1983)From: http://www.cedmagic.com/history/Copyright Baylor University 200620Apple Macintosh (circa 1984)From: http://www.cedmagic.com/history/Copyright Baylor University 200621Modtronix Web ServerFrom: www.modtronix.comLecture 28 - Computer Engineering8Copyright Baylor University 200622Growth of Integrated Circuit5500Pentium Pro (P6)19953100Pentium (P5)1993120080486198928080386198511080286198231808619782.340041971(x1000)CPUTransistorsIntelDatehttp://www.physics.udel.edu/~watson/scen103/intel.htmlCopyright Baylor University 200623Moore’s Lawhttp://www.intel.com/technology/mooreslaw/index.htmCopyright Baylor University 200624Implications of Moore’s Law? Major design projects takes between two and five years from initial design to production-ready status. Moore’s Law suggests that the average performance improvement of a digital system is about 1% per week. If a project is late by only 3 months then it is possible that the product will be 10 to 15 % slower than a competing product that came to market on time.Lecture 28 - Computer Engineering9Copyright Baylor University 200625Speedup and Cost Efficiencies1/2853.6*10654diff/ratio$3,50061.1*1092006Intel Duo Core Itanium$1,000,00017,0001952IBM 701CostSpeedInstructions/secondYearSystemCopyright Baylor University 200626SummaryWhat does a computer engineer do? Design and develop new and faster digital computing devices. Design novel devices that use digital computing elements for control, information processing and reliability. Design and develop digital communications networks. Design and develop new devices for storing digital information. Design and develop devices to read and display digital
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