8.10 - Challenges in Multicore Architectures
Enroll to start learning
You’ve not yet enrolled in this course. Please enroll for free to listen to audio lessons, classroom podcasts and take practice test.
Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions
What does Amdahl's Law state about performance improvement?
💡 Hint: Consider the percentage of tasks that cannot be parallelized.
Name two common concurrency issues that can arise in multicore systems.
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when multiple threads access shared data.
4 more questions available
Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What does Amdahl's Law imply about achieving performance improvements with multicore architectures?
💡 Hint: Consider the tasks in terms of parallel versus sequential execution.
True or False: concurrency issues in multicore processors are strictly related to hardware limitations.
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when multiple processes interact.
1 more question available
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with advanced challenges
Analyze how Amdahl's Law affects a given software application with 70% parallelizable code. How much speedup can be expected with addition of cores?
💡 Hint: Remember the formula related to the fraction of non-parallelizable code.
Design a thermal management plan for a hypothetical multicore CPU system to mitigate heat dissipation issues. What would be your key components?
💡 Hint: Consider both hardware and software solutions.
Get performance evaluation
Reference links
Supplementary resources to enhance your learning experience.