ECS 201A Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Superscalar Processor, Very Long Instruction Word, Instruction Set
9 Jan 2019
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1 - (9) (2) what does smt stand for? (10) (2) decoupled architectures split a program into two streams. Why not just fabricate one huge die per wafer? (11) (3) write down the 3-term cpu performance equation developed in class. 2 - (12) (3) the book lists several things that limit the amount of achievable ilp. 3 - (15) (3) there are at least two types of control ow changes that standard dynamic branch predictors have trouble with. List 3 examples of existing branch prediction strategies in order of (average) increasing effec- tiveness. 4 - (18) (12) draw a basic high-level picture of what tomasulo"s hardware looks like, when the rob is included. (in other words, sketch out all the hardware involved, and how things are connected. ) The emphasis is on conveying knowledge - do not worry about how pretty it is, but do make sure i can read it and understand what you have done.
