Practice Optimization Opportunities At Different Design Levels (7.2) - Designing Single Purpose Processors and Optimization
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Optimization Opportunities at Different Design Levels

Practice - Optimization Opportunities at Different Design Levels

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the benefit of choosing an efficient algorithm?

💡 Hint: Think about time savings in processing.

Question 2 Easy

Define clock gating.

💡 Hint: Think about saving power in circuits.

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Question 1

What is a significant advantage of optimizing algorithms?

Increased Costs
Improved Processing Speed
More Complex Hardware

💡 Hint: Consider how algorithms influence hardware efficiency.

Question 2

State reduction in FSM designs primarily aims to:

True
False

💡 Hint: Simplifying designs is usually a plus.

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Challenge 1 Hard

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.

Challenge 2 Hard

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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