logistic_guy
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\(\displaystyle \ \bold{1.}\) List and briefly define some of the techniques used in contemporary processors to increase speed.
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{2.}\) Explain the concept of performance balance.
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{3.}\) Explain the differences among multicore systems, \(\displaystyle \text{MIC}\)s, and \(\displaystyle \text{GPGPU}\)s.
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{4.}\) Briefly characterize \(\displaystyle \text{Amdahl}\)’s law.
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{5.}\) Briefly characterize \(\displaystyle \text{Little}\)’s law.
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{6.}\) Define \(\displaystyle \text{MIPS}\) and \(\displaystyle \text{FLOPS}\).
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{7.}\) List and define three methods for calculating a mean value of a set of data values.
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{8.}\) List the desirable characteristics of a benchmark program.
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{9.}\) What are the \(\displaystyle \text{SPEC}\) benchmarks?
\(\displaystyle \bold{10.}\) What are the differences among \(\displaystyle \textcolor{red}{\text{base}}\) metric, \(\displaystyle \textcolor{blue}{\text{peak}}\) metric, \(\displaystyle \textcolor{green}{\text{speed}}\) metric, and \(\displaystyle \textcolor{purple}{\text{rate}}\) metric?
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{2.}\) Explain the concept of performance balance.
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{3.}\) Explain the differences among multicore systems, \(\displaystyle \text{MIC}\)s, and \(\displaystyle \text{GPGPU}\)s.
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{4.}\) Briefly characterize \(\displaystyle \text{Amdahl}\)’s law.
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{5.}\) Briefly characterize \(\displaystyle \text{Little}\)’s law.
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{6.}\) Define \(\displaystyle \text{MIPS}\) and \(\displaystyle \text{FLOPS}\).
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{7.}\) List and define three methods for calculating a mean value of a set of data values.
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{8.}\) List the desirable characteristics of a benchmark program.
\(\displaystyle \ \bold{9.}\) What are the \(\displaystyle \text{SPEC}\) benchmarks?
\(\displaystyle \bold{10.}\) What are the differences among \(\displaystyle \textcolor{red}{\text{base}}\) metric, \(\displaystyle \textcolor{blue}{\text{peak}}\) metric, \(\displaystyle \textcolor{green}{\text{speed}}\) metric, and \(\displaystyle \textcolor{purple}{\text{rate}}\) metric?