Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Babak Kia Adjunct Professor Boston University College of Engineering ENG SC757 - Advanced Microprocessor Design Why PCI? The original PC bus developed by IBM in 1982 was 16 bits wide and operated at 4.77 MHz This was known as the ISA bus‚ capable of transferring data at a whopping rate of 9 Mbytes per second! Gradually peripherals such as video cards and hard drives required a higher bandwidth‚ and in 1992 Intel introduced the PCI bus standard
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network cards‚ connector cards. See image below for a close-up view. Have been largely taken over by PCI-Express x1 slots (see motherboard parts #3 below). 3. PCI Express x1 Slots=Slot for modern expansion cards such as sound cards‚ network cards (Wi-Fi‚ Ethernet‚ Bluetooth)‚ connector cards (USB‚ FireWire‚ eSATA) and certain low-end graphics cards. See image below for a close-up view. 4. PCI Express x16 Slot=Slot for discrete graphic cards and high bandwidth devices such as top-end solid state drives
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FEDERAL EXPRESS BRIEF BACKGROUND[1] Owned by Frederick W. Smith‚ the company was incorporated in June 1971 and officially began operations on April 17‚ 1973‚ with the launch of 14 small aircraft from Memphis International Airport. It soon entered its maturing phase in the first half of the 1980s and grown to become the largest operating company in the FedEx family‚ handling about 3.2 million packages and documents every business day. During the fiscal year 2006‚ it netted a revenue
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transportation‚ e-commerce and supply chain management services. With annual revenues of about $20 billion‚ The company offers integrated business solutions through a network of subsidiaries operating independently‚ including FedEx Express‚ the world ’s largest express transportation company; FedEx Ground‚ North America ’s second largest provider of small-package ground delivery service; FedEx Freight‚ a leading provider of regional less-than-truckload freight services; FedEx Custom Critical‚ the
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Current Situation The overall performance of United Parcel Service (UPS) during the past year was good. The company ’s ROI for the last five year is 14.27 while the industry average is only 12.70. UPS is the market share leader in the express delivery market with a 53% share of the market‚ and 50% in the ground shipping industry (Lazich‚ 2007). Based on its Net Profit Margin‚ Return on Assets‚ and Earnings per Share the company ’s profitability is strong. Overall‚ UPS performed well in 2006
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Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist follows the journey of a young Pakistani man and his journey after moving to America in search of the American dream. Changez is in a minority group when moving to America and is a clear outsider however he is accepted into American meritocracy and given the opportunity to become ‘a successful American’. Though he tries to fit into what he believes a successful American should be‚ through changing his identity according to the standards of society‚ he is
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References: American Express. (2006). Small Business. Retrieved September 25‚ 2006‚ from http://www.americanexpress.com Capital One. (2006). Rewards. Retrieved September 25‚ 2006‚ from http://www.capitalone.com Cooper & Schindler (2003). Business Research Methods‚ 8th ed. The
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30 JAN 2012 FedEx Express W hen Fred Smith finished that valuable paper which finally got a “C” grade while he was studying at Yale University. An adventure of U.S. air cargo transportation– the story of FedEx Express was beginning. Since it was founding at 1971‚ FedEx Express choose a high-cost development way that was really uncommon at that time. After Smith established the “Super Hub” at Memphis International Airport‚ Tennessee in 1973‚ FedEx Express started overnight operations
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Chinese company‚ but not enter on its own‚ to do business in China. Foreign companies are also disallowed from handling cargo business within Chinese cities‚ but they can operate in the international express cargo business. ADS Fedex’s Strategy FedEx entered China in 1984 by acquiring Gelco Express International‚ a UK-based courier company‚ whose operations spread across Europe and the Asia Pacific.
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CC-408-006 FedEx APAC HR Shared Services Center in Wuhan This case was prepared by Prof. Lee‚ Jean S K and LIU Jia at Case Center of CEIBS. The case was prepared as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation. Certain names and other identifying information may have been disguised to protect confidentiality. Copyright © 2008 by CEIBS (China Europe International Business School) No part of this publication may
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