Practice The Crucial Trade-offs: A Spectrum Of Design Choices (4.1.3) - Designing Single Purpose Processors and Optimization
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The Crucial Trade-offs: A Spectrum of Design Choices

Practice - The Crucial Trade-offs: A Spectrum of Design Choices

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does GPP stand for?

💡 Hint: Recall the key term discussed in the section.

Question 2 Easy

Which processor type is generally more power-efficient?

💡 Hint: Think about the specific tasks each type of processor is optimized for.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

SPPs are usually more power-efficient than GPPs.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall the architecture and primary use cases of SPPs.

Question 2

What are the primary advantages of GPPs?

Higher performance for specific tasks
Greater flexibility and programmability
Lower design costs

💡 Hint: Consider what each processor is designed to achieve.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Evaluate the feasibility of using SPPs for a new AI accelerator in consumer devices versus using GPPs.

💡 Hint: Consider both short-term vs long-term strategies in market deployment.

Challenge 2 Hard

Analyze a scenario where a software-based application must be converted into hardware. What are the considerations and trade-offs?

💡 Hint: Think about how the needs of the application might lead to SPP or GPP.

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