Question 1

________ threading is when many similar or identical tasks are spread across multiple processors.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ________ threading is when many similar or...

Question 2

The _________ is an example of splitting off a separate,shared L3 cache,with dedicated L1 and L2 caches for each core processor.

Accepted Answer

A) IBM 370 
B) ARM11 MPCore 
C) AMD Opteron 
D) Intel Core i7 
A) IBM 370 
B) ARM11 MPCore 
C) AMD Opteron 
D) Intel Core i7

Question 3

___________ states that performance increase is roughly proportional to square root of increase in complexity.

Accepted Answer

A) Pollack's Rule 
B) Moore's Law 
C) Amdahl's Law 
D) MOESI Rule 
A) Pollack's Rule 
B) Moore's Law 
C) Amdahl's Law 
D) MOESI Rule

Question 4

The ________ feature enables moving dirty data from one CPU to another without writing to L2 and reading the data back in from external memory.

Accepted Answer

A) migratory lines 
B) DDI 
C) VFP unit 
D) IPIs 
A) migratory lines 
B) DDI 
C) VFP unit 
D) IPIs

Question 5

As chip transistor density has increased,the percentage of chip area devoted to memory has decreased.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

________ threading is when many similar or identical tasks are spread across multiple processors.

The _________ is an example of splitting off a separate,shared L3 cache,with dedicated L1 and L2 caches for each core processor.

___________ states that performance increase is roughly proportional to square root of increase in complexity.

The ________ feature enables moving dirty data from one CPU to another without writing to L2 and reading the data back in from external memory.

As chip transistor density has increased,the percentage of chip area devoted to memory has decreased.

Basic Concepts and Computer Evolution

Performance Issues

A Top-Level View of Computer Function and Interconnection

Cache Memory

Internal Memory

External Memory

Input Output

Operating System Support

Number Systems

Computer Arithmetic

Digital Logic

Characteristics and Functions

Addressing Modes and Formats

Processor Structure and Function

Reduced Instruction Set Computers

Parallelism and Superscalar Processors

Parallel Processing

General-Purpose Graphic Processing Units

Control Unit Operation

Microprogrammed Control

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Exam 18: Multicore Computers

________ threading is when many similar or identical tasks are spread across multiple processors.

The _________ is an example of splitting off a separate,shared L3 cache,with dedicated L1 and L2 caches for each core processor.

___________ states that performance increase is roughly proportional to square root of increase in complexity.

The ________ feature enables moving dirty data from one CPU to another without writing to L2 and reading the data back in from external memory.

As chip transistor density has increased,the percentage of chip area devoted to memory has decreased.

Basic Concepts and Computer Evolution

Performance Issues

A Top-Level View of Computer Function and Interconnection

Cache Memory

Internal Memory

External Memory

Input Output

Operating System Support

Number Systems

Computer Arithmetic

Digital Logic

Characteristics and Functions

Addressing Modes and Formats

Processor Structure and Function

Reduced Instruction Set Computers

Parallelism and Superscalar Processors

Parallel Processing

General-Purpose Graphic Processing Units

Control Unit Operation

Microprogrammed Control

Filters