Case Study 2017

Please explore the links below for articles that can be valuable sources of information for our case study.

• https://news.developer.nvidia.com/share-your-science-predicting-healthcare-outcomes-with-artificial-intelligence/
• https://news.developer.nvidia.com/share-your-science-microsoft-developing-applications-for-the-visually-impaired/
• https://news.developer.nvidia.com/share-your-science-the-impact-of-deep-learning-on-radiology/
• https://devblogs.nvidia.com/parallelforall/nvidia-digits-alzheimers-disease-prediction/
• https://news.developer.nvidia.com/share-your-science-combating-cancer-with-deep-learning/
• https://news.developer.nvidia.com/google-uses-ai-to-diagnose-breast-cancer/
• https://news.developer.nvidia.com/ai-based-mobile-app-tests-for-parkinsons-in-minutes/
• https://news.developer.nvidia.com/share-your-science-advanced-retina-assessment-and-diagnostic-services/
• https://news.developer.nvidia.com/identify-rare-diseases-with-a-selfie/

Machine/Deep Learning Explained:

• https://youtu.be/b99UVkWzYTQ
• https://youtu.be/WXHM_i-fgGo
• https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2016/07/29/whats-difference-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-deep-learning-ai/

Bits and stuff

A set of interesting links on the impact and application of bit width/resolution:

• http://webstyleguide.com/wsg2/graphics/displays.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_depth
• http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question487.htm Analog vs Digital Audio
• http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/86886-32-bit-vs-64-bit-comparison.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit_computing

IB Computer Science Topic 2: Computer Organisation - Binary representation

Power Supplies

Power Supply Units, or PSUs, are among the most important components of a computer.

It's not the most famous item, though, with processors, memory, motherboards, graphic cards and hard drives/solid state drives fighting for the spotlight...

Anyway, here are a couple of links that validate both my experience, observation, and yes -- blunders, too.
Titles should be self-explanatory.

• PC Power Consumption: How Many Watts Do We Need?
• The Big Power Supply Guide - Brands
• Gold and Bronze: Seasonic Power Supply Units Roundup
• Plus these couple of forum threads that show a good discussion on both PSU brands in general and specific models of PSUs.

Hope you find these links useful!

How to build a PC?

The smart way, of course. Research, learn, design, plan, build, test. Then play Starcraft 2. HA!

Starting guiding question: How computers work? (Howstuffworks.com)

How to select the parts for your Frankenstein PC - from Tom's Hardware (excellent resources IMO):

• System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2010: Value Compared September 9, 2010 2:00 AM
  Three systems represent our builders' best performance and value hopes for budget, mainstream, and high-end users. 
• System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2010: $400 Gaming PC The third and final build in this quarter's
  System... September 8, 2010 2:00 AM
• System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2010: $1000 Enthusiast PC In this quarter's System Builder
  Marathon, we balance out... September 7, 2010 2:00 AM
• System Builder Marathon, Sept. 2010: $2000 Performance PC We bolstered our latest high-end
  build with a six-core... September6, 2010 2:00 AM 
• Power supply recommendations: http://www.silentpcreview.com/Recommended_PSUs
  (My summary: go for SeaSonic, Corsair, Enermax, Silverstone, Antec)

How to build a PC? (there are many books, magazines, web sites and YouTube videos about this, so get Googling and get some magazines!)
Recommended:

• How to Build a PC (AMD CPU in this video, Intel has a different CPU socket and heatsink) - Every Step Explained by Maximum PC
• How to build an Intel processor based PC (slightly different from the above)

And for the Singapore "Hardware Scene":

• http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/

Look at their pricelist (you may have to become a member -it's free-) their shootouts, and their product guides (AKA reviews).

Tip: Never go cheap on motherboards or power supplies (PSUs), or you may regret it...

Good luck and happy building.

New to Mac OS X

At work I've been exposed to Macs, so I've had to learn how to use them.

The purpose of this post isn't to review or criticise the platform or the OS, but to help you if you're new to Apple Macs and OS X, like I once was.

Hope you will find these links useful. I was trying to find Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger" resources, but there are links to Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" as well.

(videos)

• http://www.vtc.com/online-tutorials/Mac-OS-X-10.4-Tiger-tutorials.htm
• http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/osx_tiger_orientation
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGVHKl0CCCE
• http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/

(tutorials, text+images)

• http://www.apple.com/support/osfamily/ (support for Apple's Operating Systems & software - main link)
• http://www.apple.com/support/leopard/ (everything that Apple as for the 'Leopard' 10.5 system is here)
• http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/ (everything that Apple as for the 'Tiger' 10.4 system is here)
• http://www.inspectmygadget.com/2007/08/21/mac-os-x-taming-the-tiger-a-guide-for-beginners-part-1/
• http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/ (this tutorial shows the newest system 'Leopard', very similar to 'Tiger' - there will be minor differences, though)
• http://guides.macrumors.com/Mac_Beginner's_Guide (collection of links)
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2477 (some essential info. on the system)
• http://osxhelp.com/ (more tutorials)