Practice - Optimization Opportunities at Different Design Levels
Practice Questions
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What is the benefit of choosing an efficient algorithm?
💡 Hint: Think about time savings in processing.
Define clock gating.
💡 Hint: Think about saving power in circuits.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is a significant advantage of optimizing algorithms?
💡 Hint: Consider how algorithms influence hardware efficiency.
State reduction in FSM designs primarily aims to:
💡 Hint: Simplifying designs is usually a plus.
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Challenge Problems
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Design an SPP that efficiently computes the factorial of a number using an optimized algorithm. Explain your choice of algorithm and the expected performance improvements.
💡 Hint: Consider how the algorithm scales with different input sizes.
Evaluate a given FSMD diagram for a SPP and propose optimizations by merging states and reducing transitions. Justify your choices.
💡 Hint: Refer back to state implications; can you spot identical outputs?
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