I S 300: INTRODUCTION TO

INFORMATION SYSTEMS
- Winter 2017
- Shaosong Ou, Ph.D.

Session 13 February 15th, 2017

Evolution of IT Infrastructure:
Managing Computing Resources
 Agenda

Moores Law and the Growth of Computing Power

IT Economics & Evolution of IT Infrastructure

Mainframe PC Client/Server EIC Cloud Computing

Emerging Technologies
Cloud computing & utility computing
Grid computing
Other computing trends
Moores Law & Processor Performance
Falling Cost of Chips
 Understanding Computing Power

Power of CPU (Central Processing Unit)

Measurement unit: Hz (hertz) or MHz, GHz
One hertz = one instruction/second
So 3.2 GHz = 3,200,000,000 instructions/second
Or 3,200 MIPS (Million Instructions per Second)

Question: How much data can a 3.2 GHz CPU process in one second?
Depends on how much each instruction handles
Common CPU structure: 32-bit or 64-bit
32-bit: each instruction processes 32 bits of data
64-bit: each instruction processes 64 bits of data
 Evolution of IT Infrastructure

Mainframe & minicomputer era: (1959 to

present)

Personal computer era: (1981 to present)

Client/server era: (1983 to present)

Enterprise internet computing era: (1992 to

present)

Cloud & mobile computing era (2000 to

present)
Mainframe & Minicomputer Era
Personal Computer (PC) Era
Client/Server Era
Enterprise Internet Computing Era
Cloud & Mobile Computing Era
 Emerging Tech: Grid Computing

SETI: Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence

To tease out the weakest signals, a great amount of computer power is
necessary. It would take a monstrous supercomputer to get the job
done. SETI programs could never afford to build or buy that computing
power... What if they used LOTS of small computers, all working
simultaneously on different parts of the analysis?

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