Types of Computer Functions Where to Find Example

1. Supercomputer - Quantum Mechanics - US For Playing Chess

- Weather Forecasting - China - Belle,
- Oil and Gas Exploration - deep blue and
- Molecular Modelling, - hydra
Astrophysics
- Graffiti pipe
Protein Structure Predictions
- MDGRAPE-3
Molecular dynamics, and
Deep crack for breaking the DES
cipher.

Deep crack for Deep blue

breaking the DES supercomputer
cipher.

Supercomputer
hydra
MDGRAPE-3

2. Server Computer - ultimate function of a server is to Mostly anywhere in - Application server,

receive, store, and share data the world. Used by - Blade server,
small and large
- it can be compared to an - Cloud server,
scale organisations,
electronic filing cabinet companies and - Database server,
schools. - Dedicated server,
- Domain name service,
- File server, and
 - Mail server.

Cloud Dedicated server

computer

Database server
server
Blade server computer

3. Workstation - A workstation computer is a PC Workstation are - A powerful Windows PC

Computer designed to accomplish most often used in that can be used to run
professional tasks. organizations or complex database
- Unlike standard computers, companies that programs
workstations typically have works on video -
specialised components that editing, 3D
are optimized to handle heavy Graphics,
computational or graphical engineering
tasks such as professional designs and data
rendering, video editing, VFX, science
or scientific calculations visualisation

4. Microcontroller Its two main components are: Microcontrollers - Alter,

1. Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU), are found in - Analog Devices,
which performs arithmetic and vehicles, robots, - Esspresif system,
logical operations office machines,
 2. Control Unit (CU), which medical devices, - Freestyle semi conductor,
handles all of the processor's mobile radio - cypress semiconductor,
instruction executions transceivers, - ELAN Microelectronics
vending machines Corp, and
and home - EPSON Semiconductor.
appliances, among
other devices

Esspresif
system

Analog devices Freestle semi Cypress semicond

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5. Smartphone has more advanced features, including Almost everyone - i-Phone,

web browsing, software owned a smartphone - Android,
nowadays
applications and a mobile OS. In - Blackberry,
turn, a smartphone also offers - Windows phone,
capabilities such as support for - Samsung Galaxy,
biometrics, video chatting, digital - Xperia etc.
assistants and much more
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phone

Blackberry phone Windows phone