ECSE 425 Study Guide - Final Guide: Branch Predictor, Software Pipelining, Register Renaming
22 Apr 2013
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The exam will be long (likely to have many small-to-medium sized questions, but few very big ones) It will focus on the part of the course after the these topics can be more difficult midterm than the midterm ones. It will likely include a few short answer questions (explain the difference, explain the advantage, give the definition, etc. ) It is critical to practice with the examples in the class notes, tutorials, old exams, and textbook. At this stage you probably won"t have time to read the textbook, but do look at the examples in it! Short answer questions are usually meant to be easy marks, so don"t miss them! If you don"t have the time to solve problems for a particular topic (e. g. , software pipelining), then at least try to remember it"s definition. This tutorial will highlight the topics that are most likely to be on the exam. Cpu time equations are an absolute must to understand.
