Practice - Motivation for Parallel Processing: Limitations of Single-Processor Performance
Practice Questions
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What are propagation delays?
💡 Hint: Think about how speed increases affect the pathway of signals.
What does ILP saturation refer to?
💡 Hint: Consider how running a relay race works.
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What are propagation delays?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when you increase the speed of the CPU.
True or False: Increasing the clock speed of a CPU always leads to better performance.
💡 Hint: Reflect on the limitations discussed in the section.
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Explain why moving from single-processor to multi-core architectures is necessary for modern computing applications.
💡 Hint: Reflect on latency issues and power consumption.
Discuss the trade-offs involved when managing power consumption and heat in high-clock-speed processors.
💡 Hint: Consider how cooling systems work.
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