BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS
HISTORY OF COMPUTERS
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ACPV
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Magnetic Processing Unit
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Mainframe
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -We use the term mainframe in this section to mean computers that can support thousands of applications and input/output devices to simultaneously serve thousands of users.
Detailed explanation-2: -A typical Telum-powered mainframe offers 256 cores at a base clock of 5+GHz. Enlarge / Each Telum package consists of two 7nm, eight-core / sixteen-thread processors running at a base clock speed above 5GHz. A typical system will have sixteen of these chips in total, arranged in four-socket “drawers."
Detailed explanation-3: -Mainframes process large amounts of small data rapidly using CPUs, SAPs and I/Os: When a request for information is filled (i.e. a flight attendant searching a reservation) it gets sent to a mainframe. The main CPU sends the request to additional processors (SAPs) to move data to the correct I/O processor cards.
Detailed explanation-4: -In most cases, mainframe refers to computers that can support thousands of applications and input/output devices simultaneously, serving many thousands of users.