ECS 201A Midterm: ECS201A Midterm 2 Fall 2010
9 Jan 2019
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What two principles make it work? (3) (6) what do the following acronyms stand for: The questions on this page are extremely short answer - write down the appropriate num- ber(s) corresponding to the answers (the list of answers is on the last page of the test. ) Rst one is done for you. (10) (0) taking this test has made my brain. This requires the l1 cache entries to follow the _____ property. Very short answers: (25) (2) the authors claim there are two main reasons mimd machines are so popular. Describe how this pair works together in order to accomplish the goal. (31) (8) describe the difference between shared memory and message passing machines. Here are answers to go with the questions on pages 3 and 4. Feel free to tear this page off of your test. (1) bigger (2) Smaller (3) hurt (31) way prediction (32) trace caches (33) higher associativity (4)
