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November 2015 |
Compucon CPD Seminar
2015-12-09 Wed
Compucon House
4:30pm - 5:30pm Compucon Direction (TN)
5:30pm - 6:00pm Wine and Cheese
6:00pm - 6:30pm Professional Audio Video Industry (David)
6:30pm - 7:00pm Service Delivery Industry (Hamish)
7:00pm - 8:30pm Wine and Food on premise
Compucon Direction
It has been 12 months since we last talked about Compucon directions last December. What have changed- the industry, the market, and the company? The most important change is in the industry more than the market or the company. Big boys in the industry have been taking actions to re-position themselves in the Post PC Era. The actions are so big and so unusual that even the blinds can see! This implies that the company must respond before it is too late. This seminar attempts to answer six big questions regarding our responding actions. Do we have novel solutions? Do we have access to the Post PC Era market? Do we have funding to construct new business capabilities? Do we know how to do the construction? Will we develop competitiveness for the long term? Can we handle all the big waves and big winds in the process?
Professional Audio Video Industry
I. Review of previous talk: video processing applications in Pro AV, video formats & Colour Space, Video Compression Fundamentals
II. Where the industry is headed: CPU, GPU, FPGA, ASIC, Coding formats - MPEG-2, MPEG-4, HEVC, VP8/VP9 & how they continue to evolve; New applications 4K, HDR
III. Where we intend to go in 2016
a. Open Source applications - Blender, ffmpeg, OpenCL, GIMP
b. Benchmarking with various applications & hardware architectures
c. Extend/Enhance one or more of these applications to optimise for new architectures
d. What do we hope to achieve - what do we do with this new knowledge, where do we go from here?
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November 2015 |
This article documents the 1AB85MI motherboard.
Recommendation to Production/TSD:
- Disable the Ultra Fast Boot option in the BIOS.
Key shortcuts:
- Del = Enter BIOS
- F11 = Boot Select
BIOS --> Boot Screen --> Fast Boot
Fast Boot minimizes your computer's boot time.
- In fast mode you may not boot from a USB storage device.
- Ultra Fast mode is only supported by Windows 8 and the VBIOS must support UEFI GOP if you are using an external graphics card. Please notice that Ultra Fast mode will boot so fast that the only way to enter this UEFI Setup Utility is to Clear CMOS or run the Restart to UEFI utility in Windows.
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November 2015 |
Flashing IT firmware to the LSI SAS 9300-8i (#3L9300-8i)
Background
There are two firmware types for LSI cards; (1) the IR Firmware is the Integrated RAID
firmware. (2) The IT firmware is the Initiator Target
firmware. The IT firmware is typically shipped on
external cards. The IT firmware does not have any RAID capabilities and
simply acts as an HBA. This is preferred when RAID is not required, or is handled at a higher level (such as software RAID or ZFS).
Preparation
Support and downloads for the card can be found here:
http://www.avagotech.com/products/server-storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9300-8i#downloads
Procedure
- Locate and download the "SAS3_UEFI_BSD" + "Installer for UEFI" + "9300_8i_Package_IR_IT_FW_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows" ZIP files from the LSI/Avago website and extract the following files into the root of your USB flash drive:
- X64SAS3.ROM from SAS3_UEFI_BSD.zip
- sas3flash.efi fromInstaller_for_UEFI.zip
- SAS9300_8i_IT.bin firmware and the MPTSAS3.ROM ROM files from the 9300_8i_Package_IR_IT_FW_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows.zip package
- Insert your USB flash drive into the target system hosting the LSI card
- Boot UEFI Shell (press F11 on Supermicro boards to invoke boot menu, then select UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell)
- Issue command 'mount fs1:' assuming fs1: was the USB flash drive (use map command to list the device tree) -- TIP #3: this command/step may not be needed if the EFI shell has already mapped the flash drive (usually fs0:)
- Issue command 'fs1:' to change directory
- Use the command "sas3flash.efi -list" to see which controllers are detected, and the Controller Number of each controller
- Upgrade the UEFI BSD BIOS with this command: sas3flash.efi -c <controller number> -b X64SAS3.ROM
- Upgrade the Firmware with this command: sas3flash.efi -c <controller number> -f SAS9300_8i_IT.bin
- Upgrade the BIOS with this command: sas3flash.efi -c <controller number> -b MPTSAS3.ROM
- Verify the end result with this command again sas3flash.efi -list to ensure you have successfully loaded the new version, then reboot the server to commit the changes.
For further reading, check PDF reference guides found in the downloaded ZIP files from Avago. Alternatively here is another example case: http://www.bussink.ch/?p=1489
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November 2015 |
Key Features
- Supported Media Types: CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, M-DISC
- Max. 24X DVD-R Write Speed
- M-DISC Support
- 0.5MB Buffer Memory
| General Specifications |
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| Type |
Internal |
| Interface |
SATA |
| DVD Read Speed |
16x Max |
| CD Read Speed |
48x Max |
| Buffer Capacity |
0.5MB |
| Write Speed |
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| DVD-R |
2x, 4x CLV, 8x PCAV, 16x, 24x CAV |
| DVD-R DL |
4x CLV, 8x ZCLV |
| DVD-RW |
2x, 4x, 6x CLV |
| DVD+RW |
2.4x, 4x, 6x CLV, 8x ZCLV |
CD-RW
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4x, 10x, 16x CLV, 24x ZCLV |
| M-DISC/+M |
4x CLV |
DVD+R (DL)
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2.4x, 4x CLV, 8x ZCLV |
| DVD+R |
2.4x, 4x CLV, 8x PCAV, 16x, 24x CAV |
DVD-RAM
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2x, 3x, 5x CLV |
| CD-R |
16x CLV, 32x, 40x PCAV, 48x CAV |
| Read Speed |
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| DVD-Video (CSS Compliant Disc) (SL/DL) |
ZCLV 2x / 5x PCAV |
| BD-R DL |
12x |
DVD+R DL
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12x max |
| DVD+R/+RW |
16x / 13x max |
CD-R/RW/ROM
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48x / 40x / 48x max |
CD-DA
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40x max |
CD 80 mm
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22x max |
M-DISC/+M
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12x CAV |
Data Transfer Rate
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| DVD-ROM |
145 ms typ |
CD
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145 ms typ |
| DVD-RAM |
270 ms typ |
| Dimension |
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| Dimensions (WxHxD) |
146 x 41.3 x 165mm |
| Weight (g) |
700g
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November 2015 |
 Xtreme Performance Gear (XPG) is a brand of ADATA Technology offering the highest-performing computer peripheral products, and the XPG SX930 SATA 6Gb/s SSD is specifically for gamers and overclockers! It's equipped with a JMicron controller and Enterprise-grade MLC Plus NAND Flash for excellent performance and durability; therefore, it's not only suitable for gaming, but also ideal for workstation. By supporting ADATA's exclusive pSLC Cache Technology, BCH ECC technology, NCQ, S.M.A.R.T., Windows TRIM Command and DDR3 DRAM Cache Buffer, the XPG SX930 also offers great efficiency and stability!
Key Features
- MTBF: 1,500,000 hours
- Ultra-fast pSLC Cache Technology
- Enterprise MLC plus NAND Flash
- Advanced BCH ECC Technology
- Supports DDR3 DRAM Cache Buffer
- NCQ supported
- S.M.A.R.T. / Windows TRIM Command supported
- 5-Year warranty
Specifications
- Capacities: 120GB / 240GB / 480GB
- NAND Flash Memory: Synchronous MLC Plus
- Interface: SATA 6Gb/sec (SATA III)
- Controller: JMicron JMF670H
- Form Factor: 2.5”
- Dimensions: 100.45 x 69.85 x 7mm (L x W x H)
- Weight: 68g
- Power consumption: 0.33W Active (Typical),
0.14W Slumber (Typical) (*Measured by power meter)
- Operating temperature: 0~70°C
- Storage temperature: -40~85°C
- Shock resistance: 1500G/0.5ms
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