Practice - Step 4: Energy-Efficient Processor Architectures
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Practice Questions
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What does RISC stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about instruction sets and computing.
What is the benefit of Harvard architecture?
💡 Hint: Consider how data and instructions are fetched.
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What does RISC stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about the aim of RISC architectures.
In-order execution is more energy-efficient than out-of-order execution because it:
💡 Hint: Consider processing complexity.
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Challenge Problems
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Evaluate how the adoption of RISC architectures in mobile devices has influenced their battery life compared to previous architectures.
💡 Hint: Consider the role of instruction simplicity.
Design a hybrid architecture incorporating both RISC and Harvard principles. Discuss how it would manage power and efficiency draws from both approaches.
💡 Hint: Think about merging the advantages of each method.
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