Computer Book » power http://www.the-computer-book.com Computer and online product guide Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:18:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 SST: A Scalable Parallel Framework for Architecture-Level Performance, Power, Area and Thermal Simulation http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/sst-a-scalable-parallel-framework-for-architecture-level-performance-power-area-and-thermal-simulation/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/sst-a-scalable-parallel-framework-for-architecture-level-performance-power-area-and-thermal-simulation/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:26:16 +0000 admin http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/sst-a-scalable-parallel-framework-for-architecture-level-performance-power-area-and-thermal-simulation/ In this paper, we describe the integrated power, area and thermal modeling framework in the structural simulation toolkit (SST) for large-scale high performance computer simulation. It integrates various power and thermal modeling tools and computes run-time energy dissipation for core, network on chip, memory controller and shared cache. It also provides functionality to update the leakage power as temperature changes.

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/report-an-unsafe-website-to-microsoft-in-internet-explorer-9/feed/ 0 How to Use the New Advanced Search Features in Windows 7 http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-the-new-advanced-search-features-in-windows-7/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-the-new-advanced-search-features-in-windows-7/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:22:58 +0000 Master http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-the-new-advanced-search-features-in-windows-7/ With every new release of Windows, Microsoft has upgraded the search facility to allow users ever better ways to find the myriad of files, folders, images, videos and even e-mail on their computers. Windows 7 is no exception, though its advanced features are not very well known since Microsoft chose to hide them on the results page. In any event, the first step in finding something on your computer, is to click on the Start menu, and then type in something you’d like to find: Notice that as with Vista, you don’t have to type the Enter key, as Windows displays results based on each key you type

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-the-new-advanced-search-features-in-windows-7/feed/ 0 How to Use Comments Effectively in Word 2007/2010 http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-comments-effectively-in-word-20072010/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-comments-effectively-in-word-20072010/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:40:13 +0000 admin http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-comments-effectively-in-word-20072010/ As the years have unfolded, Microsoft has added features, and then upgraded them with each new release of its flagship word processor, even if hardly anyone used those features; one of them is comments , a tool that can be very handy if you are someone that works with Word very often, especially if you work on long documents or collaborate with others. To be clear, comments, are embedded bits of text to remind you of something about the context of your document; they are sort of like electronic sticky notes and are useful, because they can be easily turned on and off, and because they don’t show up when you print the rest of your document.

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-comments-effectively-in-word-20072010/feed/ 0 Use Windows 7 Advanced Clock Features http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/use-windows-7-advanced-clock-features/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/use-windows-7-advanced-clock-features/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:04:21 +0000 Master http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/use-windows-7-advanced-clock-features/ Sometimes it seems that Microsoft assigns a team of software engineers to take a look at every single aspect of their Windows operating team between versions, and then tells them to make suggestions as to what might make their part cooler; how else to explain the update to the simple clock in Windows 7? In its normal default status, the clock is pretty simple, it’s just what we’ve all come to expect with the clock on our computer; in Windows 7, it looks like this: Then, when you click on it, you get this: But clicking on Change date and time settings… brings up this popup menu: Under the Date and Time tab, are buttons for allowing you to change your date and time, as well as your time zone; nothing new here.

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/blacklist-spam-sites-from-appearing-in-google-search-results-in-chrome/feed/ 0 Heuristic Approaches for Transmission Scheduling in Sensor Networks with Multiple Mobile Sinks http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/heuristic-approaches-for-transmission-scheduling-in-sensor-networks-with-multiple-mobile-sinks/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/heuristic-approaches-for-transmission-scheduling-in-sensor-networks-with-multiple-mobile-sinks/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:10:48 +0000 Master http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/heuristic-approaches-for-transmission-scheduling-in-sensor-networks-with-multiple-mobile-sinks/ A large part of the energy budget of traditional sensor networks is consumed by the hop-by-hop routing of the collected information to the static sink. In many applications it is possible to replace the static sink with one or more mobile sinks that move in a sensor field and collect the data through one-hop transmissions. This greatly reduces the power consumption of the nodes, which can be further reduced by choosing the appropriate moment of transmission

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/heuristic-approaches-for-transmission-scheduling-in-sensor-networks-with-multiple-mobile-sinks-2/feed/ 0 Make Google Searches More Convenient with the DeeperWeb Firefox Add-on http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/make-google-searches-more-convenient-with-the-deeperweb-firefox-add-on/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/make-google-searches-more-convenient-with-the-deeperweb-firefox-add-on/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:46:02 +0000 Master http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/make-google-searches-more-convenient-with-the-deeperweb-firefox-add-on/ One of the problems with searching for web content on Google is that the search engine simply lists search results by relevancy and popularity. It doesn’t offer any insight into phrases or companion words associated with your search terms.

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-alphabetize-in-word-and-excel/feed/ 0 How to use Microsoft Office Live http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-microsoft-office-live/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-microsoft-office-live/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:25:56 +0000 Master http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-microsoft-office-live/ When Microsoft announced the release of Office 2010, it also announced a parallel version of its ubiquitous suite of office products that would reside on the “cloud” or in more down to earth terms, on the Internet. Microsoft Office Live is comprised of an online version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote; all of which can be accessed and used completely free of charge, at least for now. To gain access to Microsoft Office Live, you must first create a Windows Live account.

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]]> http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/how-to-use-ms-word-2010%e2%80%b2s-navigation-pane/feed/ 0 Change How an XP Mode Virtual Machine Closes in Windows 7 Professional http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/change-how-an-xp-mode-virtual-machine-closes-in-windows-7-professional/ http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/change-how-an-xp-mode-virtual-machine-closes-in-windows-7-professional/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 11:41:15 +0000 admin http://www.the-computer-book.com/uncategorized/change-how-an-xp-mode-virtual-machine-closes-in-windows-7-professional/ A feature found in Windows 7 Professional, XP Mode is a special type of Virtual Machine that allows backward compatibility with software that is only compatible with Windows XP and previous versions of the operating system. By default, Windows Mode Virtual Machines are set to hibernate when closed. However, you can change how XP Mode closes to include shut down or turn off

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