Practice - Influencing Factors and Design Trade-offs in Partitioning
Practice Questions
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What is the main advantage of using custom hardware over software in embedded systems?
💡 Hint: Think about execution speed.
What does NRE stand for?
💡 Hint: Consider the costs associated with designing hardware.
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Interactive Quizzes
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Which offers higher throughput for specific tasks?
💡 Hint: Think about how tasks are executed.
True or False: Software is always the more cost-effective solution compared to hardware.
💡 Hint: Consider production volumes.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a system for a wearable health monitor that balances performance and power consumption while considering the implications of using hardware vs. software.
💡 Hint: Think about continuous data versus user interaction.
Propose a plan for migrating a legacy software image processing application to utilize a custom ASIC. Discuss the trade-offs related to performance, cost, and flexibility.
💡 Hint: Consider the long-term versus short-term analysis.
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