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What is the difference between a one-pass assembler and a two-pass assembler?
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List and briefly define four different kinds of assembly language statements.
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What are the typical elements of an assembly language statement.
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List some advantages of assembly language compared to high-level languages
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List some disadvantages of assembly language compared to high-level languages.
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What is an assembly language?
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List some reasons why it is worthwhile to study assembly language programming.
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List some advantages of a shared L2 cache among cores compared to separate dedicated L2 caches for each core.
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At a top level, what are the main design variables in a multicore organization?
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List some examples of applications that benefit directly from the ability to scale throughput with the number of cores.
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Why is there a trend toward allocating an increasing fraction of chip area to cache memory?
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Give several reasons for the choice by designers to move to a multicore organization rather than increase parallelism within a single processor.
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Summarize the differences among simple instruction pipelining, superscalar, and simultaneous multithreading.
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What are the differences among UMA, NUMA, and CC-NUMA?
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What is the difference between failover and failback?
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What are some of the key benefits of clustering?
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What is the meaning of each of the four states in the MESI protocol?
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What is the difference between software and hardware cache coherent schemes?
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What are some of the key OS design issues for an SMP?
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What are some of the potential advantages of an SMP compared with a uniprocessor?
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What are the chief characteristics of an SMP - Symmetric Multi-processor
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List and briefly define three types of computer system organization.
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List some common applications of microprogramming.
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What is the difference between functional and resource encoding?
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What is the difference between hard and soft microprogramming?
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What is the difference between packed and unpacked microinstructions?
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What are the basic tasks performed by a microprogrammed control unit?
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What is the difference between horizontal and vertical microinstructions?
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What is a typical sequence in the execution of a horizontal micro instruction?
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What is the purpose of a control memory?
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How is a horizontal micro instruction interpreted?
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What is the difference between a hardwired and a microprogrammed implementation of a control unit?
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Briefly explain what is meant by a hardwired implementation of a control unit
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List three types of control signals.
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Provide a typical list of the inputs and outputs of a control unit.
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What basic tasks does a control unit perform?
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Outline a three-step process that leads to a characterization of the control unit.
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What is the overall function of a processor’s control unit?
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What is the relationship between instructions and micro-operations?
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Explain the difference between the written and time sequence of an instruction
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