This is an online report of the 5th Itanium Solutions meeting held on 16 April 2010. Today, lessons were conducted by coursemaster Tey Kai Yik, who took the initiative to give the juniors a deeper look into graphics.

So basically, visual graphics is split into two major classifications: integrated on-board graphics, and add-on graphics card. Stuff to consider when choosing a suitable graphics card include - memory capacity, price, brand, frequency and beauty. Performance of the graphics is gauged by clock speed, memory capacity and frequency. Some technical stuff to take note of.

But when you're considering to buy a graphics card, you have to most of all take into account price and usage. Depending on how big your budget is, you can choose an optimum graphics card for yourself, of course. And depending on usage, where hardcore gamers and 3D designers require high-end graphics whereas basic computer users (facebook, chatting and surfing) need not use a graphics card.

When this was going on at the computer lab, the seniors were all at the Cyber Lab doing final preparations of props for the launch of the IT Week to be held on the 19th to 23th of April. In the afternoon, there were rehearsals of the sketch (which I was told not to reveal to the general public), which were fun to watch.

Itanium members, get ready for the IT Week!

Prepared by,

Fong Wenkai

Secretary 09/10

Today, a minor power failure occurred, causing temporary mayhem in the computer lab. However, power was soon restored and classes commenced on as usual.

Lessons were conducted based on RAM, short for Random Access Memory, which temporarily stores information while the computer is working on it. Discussions were made about the types of RAM, the speed of RAM, and also involved the comparison between RAM and ROM. After that, a short survey was conducted on the members regarding the RAM they used. Quite a few members did not know their RAM capacity, while those who knew gave out answers varying from 512MB to 4GB.

In the afternoon, seniors began rehearsing hard for the upcoming launching of IT Week while some others worked on the props needed. What would be their performance be like? We will have to wait and see.

Members, here is some quick info about this year’s upcoming IT Week.

Event name : IT Week 2010.

Date : 19^th – 23^rd April.

Time : 8am – 4.30pm.

Venue : Foyer Dewan Kuliah.

Events that will be going on include sales booth, Genius Bar, Photoshopping competition, Guess the Capacity competition, crossword puzzle, computer quiz, website hunt, and not forgetting the highly-anticipated launching performance.

Manpower is highly needed – so remember to be involved in any way possible!

Here’s a reminder : To those who will be able to make it to the PC Fair Trip at April 17^th, remember to give your names to Tulsei.

Reminder number two : Those who are interested in the VGL (Video Games Live) concert at 8.30pm on April 17^th, tickets range from RM83 to RM253. Leave your name in the Cbox if you are interested.

Regards,

Li Anne,

Vice Secretary 09/10

Dear all morning and afternoon session members who are going for the PC FAIR outing:

PC Fair outing

Date: 17/04/2010 (saturday)

Time: from 10am to 5/6pm (Meet at school by 8.50 sharp at Round Table , taking LRT train) you can go yourself if u would like to

Place : Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre(KLCC)

Attire: Club T-shirt

Please be there punctually.

Regards,

Tulseikrishnah  -3B1-

This is an online report of the meeting we held on 26th March 2010. We apologise for being late to update the website due to certain miscommunication complications between the webmasters and the secretaries. The meeting was a rather enjoyable and interactive one: Club President Timothy Goh took charge by conducting the 2nd hardware course of the year as an eye-opener to new junior members. Read on for details:

Timothy Goh orchestrated a very simple course to give the juniors a rough idea about hardware components within the PC casing. We found out that most juniors had little knowledge about hardware: so it fed our enthusiasm to share our knowledge even more! Timothy then went about telling everyone the major component of the computer: the motherboard. The motherboard is hooked up to all other components of the PC and acts as a hub for transmitting data back and forth.

CPU =  processor = microprocessor. So basically the CPU isn't that big metal chunk you find sitting beside/below your monitor. A common misconception: the CPU is actually the brains behind the workings of the PC. It is a small, square electronic chip that calculates numerical figures and sequences and interprets them into data.

Some examples of CPU brands are: Intel and AMD. Intel, which has a bigger marketing influence, has certain famous series that everyone knows - Pentium, Celeron, Core. We went through a timeline of models for each series, which seemed to be the best part of the course. We learned that the speed of a processor is actually measured by the frequency, which in turn is measured by its basic unit: hertz.

The meeting ended at 1.40p.m.

ATTENTION: TO JUNIORS WHO HAVEN'T YET PAID FEES, OR BROUGHT FEES ON THAT DAY BUT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO PAY TO THE TREASURER, PLEASE BE SURE TO BRING THEM ON THE NEXT MEETING ON 9 APRIL 2010. OUR TREASURER WILL BE THERE. PLEASE REFER TO THE HIGH COUNCIL SECTION AND THE CONTACT US SECTION TO SEE WHO TO CONTACT.