Pregunta 1
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What is a Latency:
Respuesta
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is amount of data that can be in flight at the same time (Little’s Law)
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is the number of accesses per unit time – If m instructions are loads/stores, 1 + m memory accesses
per instruction, CPI = 1 requires at least 1 + m memory accesses per cycle
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is time for a single access – Main memory latency is usually >> than processor cycle time
Pregunta 2
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What occurs at Intruction fetches when we speak about Common And Predictable Memory
Reference Patterns?
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n loop iterations
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subroutine call
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vector access
Pregunta 3
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What occurs at Stack access when we speak about Common And Predictable Memory
Reference Patterns?
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n loop iterations
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subroutine call
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vector access
Pregunta 4
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What occurs at Data access when we speak about Common And Predictable Memory
Reference Patterns?
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subroutine call
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n loop iterations
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vector access
Pregunta 5
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No Write Allocate, Write Allocate
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Write Through, Write Back
Pregunta 6
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No Write Allocate, Write Allocate
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Write Through, Write Back
Pregunta 7
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Average Memory Access Time is equal:
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Hit Time * ( Miss Rate + Miss Penalty )
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Hit Time - ( Miss Rate + Miss Penalty )
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Hit Time / ( Miss Rate - Miss Penalty )
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Hit Time + ( Miss Rate * Miss Penalty )
Pregunta 8
Respuesta
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cache is too small to hold all data needed by program, occur even under perfect replacement policy (loop over 5 cache
lines)
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first-reference to a block, occur even with infinite cache
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misses that occur because of collisions due to less than full associativity (loop over 3 cache lines)
Pregunta 9
Respuesta
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cache is too small to hold all data needed by program, occur even under perfect replacement policy (loop over 5 cache
lines)
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misses that occur because of collisions due to less than full associativity (loop over 3 cache lines)
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first-reference to a block, occur even with infinite cache
Pregunta 10
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first-reference to a block, occur even with infinite cache
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misses that occur because of collisions due to less than full associativity (loop over 3 cache lines)
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cache is too small to hold all data needed by program, occur even under perfect replacement policy (loop over 5 cache
lines)
Pregunta 11
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Algorithm for Cache HIT:
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Processor issues load request to cache -> Replace victim block in cache with new block -> return copy of data from
cache
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Processor issues load request to cache -> Read block of data from main memory -> return copy of data from cache
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Processor issues load request to cache -> Compare request address to cache tags and see if there is a match -> return
copy of data from cache
Pregunta 12
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Algorithm for Cache MISS:
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Processor issues load request to cache -> Compare request address to cache tags and see if there is a match -> Read
block of data from main memory -> Replace victim block in cache with new block -> return copy of data from cache
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Processor issues load request to cache -> Read block of data from main memory -> return copy of data from cache
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Processor issues load request to cache -> Replace victim block in cache with new block -> return copy of data from
cache
Pregunta 13
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The formula of “Iron Law” of Processor Performance:
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time/program = instruction/program * cycles/instruction * time/cycle
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time/program = instruction/program * cycles/instruction + time/cycle
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time/program = instruction/program + cycles/instruction * time/cycle
Pregunta 14
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Structural Hazard:
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An instruction depends on a data value produced by an earlier instruction
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An instruction in the pipeline needs a resource being used by another instruction in the pipeline
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Whether or not an instruction should be executed depends on a control decision made by an earlier instruction
Pregunta 15
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Whether or not an instruction should be executed depends on a control decision made by an earlier instruction
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An instruction in the pipeline needs a resource being used by another instruction in the pipeline
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An instruction depends on a data value produced by an earlier instruction
Pregunta 16
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Whether or not an instruction should be executed depends on a control decision made by an earlier instruction
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An instruction depends on a data value produced by an earlier instruction
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An instruction in the pipeline needs a resource being used by another instruction in the pipeline
Pregunta 17
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What is a Bandwidth:
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a is the number of accesses per unit time – If m instructions are loads/stores, 1 + m memory accesses per instruction, CPI
= 1 requires at least 1 + m memory accesses per cycle
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is time for a single access – Main memory latency is usually >> than processor cycle time
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is amount of data that can be in flight at the same time (Little’s Law)
Pregunta 18
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What is a Bandwidth-Delay Product:
Respuesta
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is the number of accesses per unit time – If m instructions are loads/stores, 1 + m memory accesses per instruction, CPI
= 1 requires at least 1 + m memory accesses per cycle
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is time for a single access – Main memory latency is usually >> than processor cycle time
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is amount of data that can be in flight at the same time (Little’s Law)
Pregunta 19
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What is Computer Architecture?
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the programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use
them
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is the design of the abstraction/implementation layers that allow us to execute information processing applications
efficiently using manufacturing technologies
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is a group of computer systems and other computing hardware devices that are linked together through communication
channels to facilitate communication and resource-sharing among a wide range of users
Pregunta 20
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Least Recently Used (LRU):
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FIFO with exception for most recently used block(s)
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Used in highly associative caches
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cache state must be updated on every access
Pregunta 21
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Write Through – write both cache and memory, generally higher traffic but simpler to design
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write cache only, memory is written when evicted, dirty bit per block avoids unnecessary write backs, more complicated
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No Write Allocate – only write to main memory
Pregunta 22
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Reduce Miss Rate: Large Cache Size. Empirical Rule of Thumb:
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None of them
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If cache size is doubled, miss rate usually drops by about √2
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Direct-mapped cache of size N has about the same miss rate as a two-way set- associative cache of size N/2
Pregunta 23
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Reduce Miss Rate: High Associativity. Empirical Rule of Thumb:
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Direct-mapped cache of size N has about the same miss rate as a two-way set- associative cache of size N/2
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None of them
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If cache size is doubled, miss rate usually drops by about √2
Pregunta 24
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Exploit temporal locality:
Pregunta 25
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Exploit spatial locality:
Pregunta 26
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Structural Hazard:
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An instruction depends on a data value produced by an earlier instruction
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An instruction in the pipeline needs a resource being used by another instruction in the pipeline
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Whether or not an instruction should be executed depends on a control decision made by an earlier instruction
Pregunta 27
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An instruction in the pipeline needs a resource being used by another instruction in the pipeline
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Whether or not an instruction should be executed depends on a control decision made by an earlier instruction
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An instruction depends on a data value produced by an earlier instruction
Pregunta 28
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What is the access time?
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Describes the technology inside the memory chips and those innovative, internal organizations
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Time between when a read is requested and when the desired word arrives
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The minimum time between requests to memory.
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None of them
Pregunta 29
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What is the cycle time?
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The minimum time between requests to memory
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Time between when a read is requested and when the desired word arrives
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The maximum time between requests to memory.
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None of them
Pregunta 30
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What does SRAM stands for?
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System Random Access memory
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Static Random Access memory
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Short Random Accessmemory
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None of them
Pregunta 31
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What does DRAM stands for?
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Dataram Random Access memory
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Dual Random Access memory
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Dynamic Random Access memory
Pregunta 32
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What does DDR stands for?
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None of them
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Double data reaction
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Dual data rate
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Double data rate
Pregunta 33
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What is kernel process?
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Provide at least two modes, indicating whether the running process is a user process or an
operating system process
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Provide a portion of the processor state that a user process can use but not write
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Provide at least five modes, indicating whether the running process is a user process or an
operating system process
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None of them
Pregunta 34
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Which one is NOT concerning to pitfall?
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Implementing a virtual machine monitor on an instruction set architecture that wasn’t designed to
be virtualizable
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Simulating enough instructions to get accurate performance measures of the memory hierarchy
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Predicting cache performance of one program from another
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Over emphasizing memory bandwidth in DRAMs
Pregunta 35
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Which one is concerning to fallacy?
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Over emphasizing memory bandwidth in DRAMs
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Implementing a virtual machine monitor on an instruction set architecture that wasn’t designed to
be virtualizable
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Predicting cache performance of one program from another
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Simulating enough instructions to get accurate performance measures of the memory hierarchy
Pregunta 36
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If we talk about storage systems an interaction or transaction with a computer is
divided for first what is an “System response time” - ?:
Respuesta
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The time from the reception of the response until the user begins to enter the next command
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The time between when the user enters the command and the complete response is displayed
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The time for the user to enter the command
Pregunta 37
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If we talk about storage systems an interaction or transaction with a computer is
divided for first what is an “Think time” - ?:
Respuesta
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The time from the reception of the response until the user begins to enter the next command
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The time between when the user enters the command and the complete response is displayed
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The time for the user to enter the command
Pregunta 38
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Little’s Law and a series of definitions lead to several useful equations for “Time
server” - :
Respuesta
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Average time per task in the queue
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Average time/task in the system, or the response time, which is the sum of Time queue and Time server
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Average time to service a task; average service rate is 1/Time server traditionally represented
by the symbol μ in many queuing texts
Pregunta 39
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Little’s Law and a series of definitions lead to several useful equations for “Time
queue” - :
Respuesta
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Average time to service a task; average service rate is 1/Time server traditionally
represented by the symbol μ in many queuing texts
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Average time per task in the queue
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Average time/task in the system, or the response time, which is the sum of Time queue and Time server
Pregunta 40
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Little’s Law and a series of definitions lead to several useful equations for “Time
system” - :
Respuesta
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Average time/task in the system, or the response time, which is the sum of Time queue and Time server
-
Average time to service a task; average service rate is 1/Time server traditionally
represented by the symbol μ in many queuing texts
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Average time per task in the queue
Pregunta 41
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Little’s Law and a series of definitions lead to several useful equations for
“Length server” - :
Pregunta 42
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Little’s Law and a series of definitions lead to several useful equations for
“Length queue” -:
Pregunta 43
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How many issue queue used in Centralized Superscalar 2 and Exceptions?
Pregunta 44
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How many issue queue used in Distributed Superscalar 2 and Exceptions:
Pregunta 45
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How many instructions used in Distributed Superscalar 2 and Exceptions?
Pregunta 46
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How many issue queue used in Centralized Superscalar 2 and Exceptions?
Pregunta 47
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Which of the following formula is true about Issue Queue for “Instruction Ready”:
Respuesta
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Instruction Ready = (!Vsrc1 || !Psrc1)&&(!Vsrc0 || !Psrc0)&& no structural hazards
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Instruction Ready = (!Vsrc0 || !Psrc1)&&(!Vsrc1 || !Psrc0)&& no structural hazards
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Instruction Ready = (!Vsrc0 || !Psrc0)&&(!Vsrc1 || !Psrc1)&& no structural hazards
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Instruction Ready = (!Vsrc1 || !Psrc1)&&(!Vsrc0 || !Psrc1)&& no structural hazards
Pregunta 48
Pregunta 49
Respuesta
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Read Only Buffer
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Reorder Buffer
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Reload Buffer
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Recall Buffer
Pregunta 50
Respuesta
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Finished Star Buffer
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Finished Stall Buffer
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Finished Store Buffer
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Finished Stack Buffer
Pregunta 51
Respuesta
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Pure Register File
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Physical Register File
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Pending Register File
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Pipeline Register File
Pregunta 52
Respuesta
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Scalebit
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Scaleboard
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Scorebased
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Scoreboard
Pregunta 53
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How many stages used in Superscalar (Pipeline)?
Pregunta 54
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What is about Superscalar means “F-D-X-M-W”?
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Fetch, Decode, Instruct, Map, Write
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Fetch, Decode, Execute, Memory, Writeback
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Fetch, Decode, Excite, Memory, Write
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Fetch, Decode, Except, Map, Writeback
Pregunta 55
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Speculating on Exceptions “Prediction mechanism” is -
Respuesta
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None of them
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Only write architectural state at commit point, so can throw away partially executed instructions after
exception
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Exceptions are rare, so simply predicting no exceptions is very accurate
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Exceptions detected at end of instruction execution pipeline, special hardware for various exception types
Pregunta 56
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Speculating on Exceptions “Check prediction mechanism” is -
Respuesta
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The way in which an object is accessed by a subject
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Exceptions detected at end of instruction execution pipeline, special hardware for various exception types
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Exceptions are rare, so simply predicting no exceptions is very accurate
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None of them
Pregunta 57
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Speculating on Exceptions “Recovery mechanism” is
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None of them
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An entity capable of accessing objects
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Exceptions are rare, so simply predicting no exceptions is very accurate
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Only write architectural state at commit point, so can throw away partially executed instructions after
exception
Pregunta 58
Respuesta
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Rename Table
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Recall Table
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Relocate Table
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Remove Table
Pregunta 59
Respuesta
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Free Launch
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Free List
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Free Leg
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Free Last
Pregunta 60
Respuesta
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Internal Queue
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Instruction Queue
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Issue Queue
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Interrupt Queue
Pregunta 61
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At VLIW “Superscalar Control Logic Scaling” which parameters are used?
Respuesta
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Width and Height
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Width and Lifetime
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Time and Cycle
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Length and Addition
Pregunta 62
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Out-of-Order Control Complexity MIPS R10000 which element is in Control
Logic?
Respuesta
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Register name
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Instruction cache
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Data tags
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Data cache
Pregunta 63
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Out-of-Order Control Complexity MIPS R10000 which element is not in Control
Logic?
Respuesta
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Integer Datapath
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CLK
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Address Queue
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Free List
Pregunta 64
Pregunta 65
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At VLIW by “performance and loop iteration” which time is longer?
Respuesta
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Loop Unrolled
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Software Pipelined
Pregunta 66
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At VLIW by “performance and loop iteration” which time is shorter?
Respuesta
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Loop Unrolled
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Software Pipelined
Pregunta 67
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At VLIW Speculative Execution, which of this solution is true about problem:
Branches restrict compiler code motion?
Pregunta 68
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At VLIW Speculative Execution, which of this solution is true about problem:
Possible memory hazards limit code scheduling:
Pregunta 69
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What is an ALAT? :
Respuesta
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Advanced Load Address Table
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Allocated Link Address Table
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Allowing List Address Table
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Addition Long Accessibility Table
Pregunta 70
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At VLIW Multi-Way Branches, which of this solution is true about problem: Long
instructions provide few opportunities for branches:
Pregunta 71
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What is a Compulsory?
Respuesta
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first-reference to a block, occur even with infinite cache
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cache is too small to hold all data needed by program, occur even under perfect replacement policy
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misses that occur because of collisions due to less than full associativity
Pregunta 72
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What is a Capacity?
Respuesta
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cache is too small to hold all data needed by program, occur even under perfect replacement policy
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misses that occur because of collisions due to less than full associativity
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first-reference to a block, occur even with infinite cache
Pregunta 73
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What is a Conflict?
Respuesta
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misses that occur because of collisions due to less than full associativity
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first-reference to a block, occur even with infinite cache
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cache is too small to hold all data needed by program, occur even under perfect replacement policy
Pregunta 74
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In Multilevel Caches “Local miss rate” equals =
Respuesta
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misses in cache / accesses to cache
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misses in cache / CPU memory accesses
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misses in cache / number of instructions
Pregunta 75
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In Multilevel Caches “Global miss rate” equals =
Respuesta
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misses in cache / CPU memory accesses
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misses in cache / accesses to cache
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misses in cache / number of instructions
Pregunta 76
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In Multilevel Caches “Misses per instruction” equals =
Respuesta
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misses in cache / number of instructions
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misses in cache / accesses to cache
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misses in cache / CPU memory accesses
Pregunta 77
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Non-Blocking Cache Timeline for “Blocking Cache” the sequence is - ?
Respuesta
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CPU time-Cache Miss-Miss Penalty-CPU time
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CPU time->Cache Miss->Hit->Stall on use->Miss Penalty->CPU time
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CPU time->Cache Miss->Miss->Stall on use->Miss Penalty->CPU time
Pregunta 78
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Non-Blocking Cache Timeline for “Hit Under Miss” the sequence is -?
Respuesta
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CPU time->Cache Miss->Hit->Stall on use->Miss Penalty->CPU time
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CPU time-Cache Miss-Miss Penalty-CPU time
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CPU time->Cache Miss->Miss->Stall on use->Miss Penalty->CPU time
Pregunta 79
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Non-Blocking Cache Timeline for “Miss Under Miss” the sequence is -?
Respuesta
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CPU time->Cache Miss->Miss->Stall on use->Miss Penalty->Miss Penalty->CPU time
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CPU time-Cache Miss-Miss Penalty-CPU time
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CPU time->Cache Miss->Hit->Stall on use->Miss Penalty->CPU time
Pregunta 80
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What does mean MSHR?
Respuesta
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Miss Status Handling Register
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Map Status Handling Reload
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Mips Status Hardware Register
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Memory Status Handling Register
Pregunta 81
Respuesta
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Miss Address File
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Map Address File
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Memory Address File
Pregunta 82
Pregunta
At Critical Word First for Miss Penalty chose correct sequence of Basic Blocking
Cache “Order of fill”:
Respuesta
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0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7
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3,4,5,6,7,0,1,2
Pregunta 83
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At Critical Word First for Miss Penalty chose correct sequence of Blocking
Cache with Critical Word first “Order of fill”:
Respuesta
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3,4,5,6,7,0,1,2
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0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Pregunta 84
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Storage Systems, “Larger block size to reduce miss rate”
Respuesta
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The simplest way to reduce the miss rate is to take advantage of spatial locality and increase
the block size
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The obvious way to reduce capacity misses is to increase cache capacity
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Obviously, increasing associativity reduces conflict misses
Pregunta 85
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Storage Systems, “Bigger caches to reduce miss rate” -
Respuesta
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The obvious way to reduce capacity misses is to increase cache capacity
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Obviously, increasing associativity reduces conflict misses
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The simplest way to reduce the miss rate is to take advantage of spatial locality and increase
the block size
Pregunta 86
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Storage Systems, “Higher associativity to reduce miss rate” -
Respuesta
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Obviously, increasing associativity reduces conflict misses
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The obvious way to reduce capacity misses is to increase cache capacity
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The simplest way to reduce the miss rate is to take advantage of spatial locality and increase
the block size
Pregunta 87
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In Non-Blocking Caches what does mean “Critical Word First”?
Respuesta
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Request the missed word first from memory and send it to the processor as soon as it arrives;
let the processor continue execution while filling the rest of the words in the block
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Fetch the words in normal order, but as soon as the requested word of the block arrives,
send it to the processor and let the processor continue execution
Pregunta 88
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In Non-Blocking Caches what does mean “Early restart”?
Respuesta
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Fetch the words in normal order, but as soon as the requested word of the block arrives, send
it to the processor and let the processor continue execution
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Request the missed word first from memory and send it to the processor as soon as it
arrives; let the processor continue execution while filling the rest of the words in the block
Pregunta 89
Pregunta
A virus classification by target includes the following categories, What is a File
infector?
Respuesta
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A typical approach is as follows
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Infects files that the operating system or shell consider to be executable
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The key is stored with the virus
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Far more sophisticated techniques are possible
Pregunta 90
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What is a RAID 0?
Respuesta
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It has no redundancy and is sometimes nicknamed JBOD, for “just a bunch of disks,” although
the data may be striped across the disks in the array
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Also called mirroring or shadowing, there are two copies of every piece of data
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This organization was inspired by applying memory-style error correcting codes to disks
Pregunta 91
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What is a RAID 1?
Respuesta
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Also called mirroring or shadowing, there are two copies of every piece of data
-
It has no redundancy and is sometimes nicknamed JBOD, for “just a bunch of disks,”
although the data may be striped across the disks in the array
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This organization was inspired by applying memory-style error correcting codes to disks
Pregunta 92
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What is a RAID 2?
Respuesta
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This organization was inspired by applying memory-style error correcting codes to disks
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It has no redundancy and is sometimes nicknamed JBOD, for “just a bunch of disks,”
although the data may be striped across the disks in the array
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Also called mirroring or shadowing, there are two copies of every piece of data
Pregunta 93
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What is a RAID 3?
Respuesta
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Since the higher-level disk interfaces understand the health of a disk, it’s easy to figure out which disk failed
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Many applications are dominated by small accesses
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Also called mirroring or shadowing, there are two copies of every piece of data
Pregunta 94
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What is a RAID 4?
Respuesta
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Many applications are dominated by small accesses
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Since the higher-level disk interfaces understand the health of a disk, it’s easy to figure out which disk
failed
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Also called mirroring or shadowing, there are two copies of every piece of data
Pregunta 95
Pregunta
At storage systems Gray and Siewiorek classify faults what does mean
“Hardware faults”? :
Respuesta
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Devices that fail, such as perhaps due to an alpha particle hitting a memory cell
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Faults in software (usually) and hardware design (occasionally)
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Mistakes by operations and maintenance personnel
Pregunta 96
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At storage systems Gray and Siewiorek classify faults what does mean “Design
faults”? :
Respuesta
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Faults in software (usually) and hardware design (occasionally)
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Devices that fail, such as perhaps due to an alpha particle hitting a memory cell
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Mistakes by operations and maintenance personnel
Pregunta 97
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At storage systems Gray and Siewiorek classify faults what does mean
“Operation faults”? :
Respuesta
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Mistakes by operations and maintenance personnel
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Devices that fail, such as perhaps due to an alpha particle hitting a memory cell
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Faults in software (usually) and hardware design (occasionally)
Pregunta 98
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At storage systems Gray and Siewiorek classify faults what does mean
“Environmental faults”? :
Respuesta
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Fire, flood, earthquake, power failure, and sabotage
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Faults in software (usually) and hardware design (occasionally)
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Devices that fail, such as perhaps due to an alpha particle hitting a memory cell
Pregunta 99
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If we talk about storage systems an interaction or transaction with a computer is
divided for first what is an “Entry time” - ? :
Respuesta
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The time for the user to enter the command
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The time between when the user enters the command and the complete response is displayed
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The time from the reception of the response until the user begins to enter the next command
Pregunta 100
Pregunta
If we talk about storage systems an interaction or transaction with a
computer is divided for first what is an “System response time” - ?:
Respuesta
-
The time between when the user enters the command and the complete response is displayed
-
The time for the user to enter the command
-
The time from the reception of the response until the user begins to enter the next command
Pregunta 101
Pregunta
If we talk about storage systems an interaction or transaction with a
computer is divided for first what is an “Think time” - ?:
Respuesta
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The time from the reception of the response until the user begins to enter the next command
-
The time for the user to enter the command
-
The time between when the user enters the command and the complete response is displayed
Pregunta 102
Pregunta
Little’s Law and a series of definitions lead to several useful equations for
“Time server” - :
Respuesta
-
Average time to service a task; average service rate is 1/Time server traditionally represented
by the symbol μ in many queuing texts
-
Average time/task in the system, or the response time, which is the sum of Time queue and Time server
-
Average time per task in the queue
Pregunta 103
Pregunta
Little’s Law and a series of definitions lead to several useful equations for
“Time queue” - :
Respuesta
-
Average time per task in the queue
-
Average time to service a task; average service rate is 1/Time server traditionally
represented by the symbol μ in many queuing texts
-
Average time/task in the system, or the response time, which is the sum of Time queue and Time server
Pregunta 104
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Little’s Law and a series of definitions lead to several useful equations for
“Time system” - :
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Average time/task in the system, or the response time, which is the sum of Time queue and Time server
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Average time to service a task; average service rate is 1/Time server traditionally
represented by the symbol μ in many queuing texts
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Average time per task in the queue
Pregunta 105
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Little’s Law and a series of definitions lead to several useful equations for
“Length server” - :
Pregunta 106
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Little’s Law and a series of definitions lead to several useful equations for
“Length queue” -:
Pregunta 107
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How many size of Cache L1 is true approximately? :
Pregunta 108
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How many size of Cache L2 is true approximately?
Pregunta 109
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How many size of Cache L3 is true approximately?
Pregunta 110
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How many main levels of Cache Memory?
Pregunta 111
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What is a “Synchronization” in Cache Memory?
Pregunta 112
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What is a “Kernel” in Cache Memory?
Pregunta 113
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What is a “Synchronization” in Cache Memory?
Pregunta 114
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Network performance depends of what?
Pregunta 115
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The time between the start and the completion of an event ,such as milliseconds
for a disk access is...
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latency
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bandwidth
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throughput
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performance
Pregunta 116
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Total amount of work done in a given time ,such as megabytes per second for disk
transfer...
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bandwidth
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latency
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throughput
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performance
Pregunta 117
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Learning curve itself is best measured by change in...
Pregunta 118
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Products that are sold by multiple vendors in large volumes and are essentialy
identical
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commodities
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boxes
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folders
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files
Pregunta 119
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Integrated circuit processes are charecterized by the
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feature size
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permanent size n
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compex size
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fixed size
Pregunta 120
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For CMOS chips, the traditional dominant energy consumption has been in
switching transistors, called ____
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dynamic power
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physical energy
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constant supply
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simple battery
Pregunta 121
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Manufacturing costs that decrease over time are ____
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the learning curve
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the cycled line
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the regular option
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the final loop
Pregunta 122
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Volume is a ________ key factor in determining cost
Pregunta 123
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The most companies spend only ____________ of their income on R&D, which
includes all engineering.
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4% to 12%
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15% to 30%
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1% to 17%
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30% to 48%
Pregunta 124
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Systems alternate between two states of service with respect to an SLA:
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1. Service accomplishment, where the service is delivered as specified
2. Service interruption, where the delivered service is different from the SLA
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1. Service accomplishment, where the service is not delivered as specified
2. Service interruption, where the delivered service is different from the SLA
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1. Service accomplishment, where the service is not delivered as specified
2. Service interruption, where the delivered service is not different from the SLA
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1. Service accomplishment, where the service is delivered as specified
2. Service interruption, where the delivered service is not different from the SLA
Pregunta 125
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Desktop benchmarks divide into __ broad classes:
Pregunta 126
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What MTTF means:
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mean time to failure
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mean time to feauture
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mean this to failure
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my transfers to failure
Pregunta 127
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A widely held rule of thumb is that a program spends __ of its execution time in
only __ of the code.
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90% 10%
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50% 50%
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70% 30%
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89% 11%
Pregunta 128
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(Performance for entire task using the enhancement when possible) / (Performance
for entire task without using the enhancement) is equals to:
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Speedup
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Efficiency
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Probability
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Ration
Pregunta 129
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Which of the following descriptions corresponds to static power?
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Grows proportionally to the transistor count (whether or not the transistors are switching)
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Proportional to the product of the number of switching transistors and the switching rate
Probability
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Proportional to the product of the number of switching transistors and the switching rate
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All of the above
Pregunta 130
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Which of the following descriptions corresponds to dynamic power?
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Proportional to the product of the number of switching transistors and the switching rate
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Grows proportionally to the transistor count (whether or not the transistors are switching)
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Certainly a design concern
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None of the above
Pregunta 131
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Which of the written below is NOT increase power consumption?
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Increasing multithreading
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Increasing performance
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Increasing multiple cores
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Increasing multithreading (V baze tak napisano)
Pregunta 132
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Growing performance gap between peak and sustained performance translates to
increasing energy per unit of performance, when:
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The number of transistors switching will be proportional to the peak issue rate, and the
performance is proportional to the sustained rate
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The number of transistors switching will be proportionalto the sustained rate, and the
performance is proportionalto the peak issue rate
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The number of transistors switching will be proportional to the sustained rate
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The performance is proportional to the peak issue rate
Pregunta 133
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If we want to sustain four instructions per clock
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We must fetch more, issue more, and initiate execution on more than four instructions
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We must fetch less, issue more, and initiate execution on more than two instructions
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We must fetch more, issue less, and initiate execution on more than three instructions
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We must fetch more, issue more, and initiate execution on less than five instructions
Pregunta 134
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If speculation were perfect, it could save power, since it would reduce the execution time and
save _____________, while adding some additional overhead to implement
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Static power
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Dynamic power
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Processing rate
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Processor state
Pregunta 135
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When speculation is not perfect, it rapidly becomes energy inefficient, since it requires
additional ___________ both for the incorrect speculation and for the resetting of the processor
state
Respuesta
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Dynamic power
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Static power
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Processing rate
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Processor state
Pregunta 136
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Which of these concepts is NOT illustrated case study by Wen-mei W. Hwu and John W.
Sias
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Achievable ILP with software resource constraints
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Limited ILP due to software dependences
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Achievable ILP with hardware resource constraints
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Variability of ILP due to software and hardware interaction
Pregunta 137
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What is a hash table?
Respuesta
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Popular data structure for organizing a large collection of data items so that one can quickly
answer questions
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Popular data structure for updating large collections, so that one can hardly answer questions
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Popular tables for organizing a large collection of data structure
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Popular data structure for deletingsmall collections of data items so that one can hardly
answer questions
Pregunta 138
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Which of these is NOT characteristics of recent highperformance microprocessors?
Pregunta 139
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How this process called: “Operations execute as soon as their operands are available”
Pregunta 140
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For what the reorder buffer is used :
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To pass results among instructions that may be speculated
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To pass parameters through instructions that may be speculated
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To get additional registers in the same way as the reservation stations
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To control registers
Pregunta 141
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How many fields contains the entry in the ROB:
Pregunta 142
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Choose correct fields of entry in the ROB:
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the instruction type, the destination field, the value field, and the ready field
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the source type, the destination field, the value field, and the ready field
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the program type, the ready field, the parameter field, the destination field
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the instruction type, the destination field, and the ready field
Pregunta 143
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Choose the steps of instruction execution:
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issue, execute, write result, commit
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execution, commit, rollback
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issue, execute, override, exit
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begin, write, interrupt, commit
Pregunta 144
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Which one is not the major flavor of Multiple-issue processors
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statistically superscalar processors
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dynamically scheduled superscalar processors
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statically scheduled superscalar processors
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VLIW (very long instruction word) processors
Pregunta 145
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Which Multiple-issue processors has not the hardware hazard detection
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EPIC
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Superscalar(dynamic)
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Superscalar(static)
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Superscalar(speculative)
Pregunta 146
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Examples of EPIC:
Pregunta 147
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Examples of superscalar(static):
Pregunta 148
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Examples of superscalar(dynamic) :
Pregunta 149
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Examples of VLIW/LIW:
Pregunta 150
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A branch-prediction cache that stores the predicted address for the next instruction after a
branch
Respuesta
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branch-target buffer
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data buffer
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frame buffer
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optical buffer
Pregunta 151
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Buffering the actual target instructions allows us to perform an optimization which called:
Respuesta
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branch folding
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Branch prediction
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Target instructions
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Target address
Pregunta 152
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Which is not the function of integrated instruction fetch unit:
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Instruction memory commit
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Integrated branch prediction
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Instruction prefetch
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Instruction memory access and buffering
Pregunta 153
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What is the simple technique that predicts whether two stores or a load and a store refer to
the same memory address:
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Address aliasing prediction
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Branch prediction
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Integrated branch prediction
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Dynamic branch prediction
Pregunta 154
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How to decrypt RISC?
Respuesta
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Reduced Instruction Set Computer
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Recall Instruction Sell Communication
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Rename Instruction Sequence Corporation
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Red Instruction Small Computer
Pregunta 155
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The ideal pipeline CPI is a measure of …
Respuesta
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the maximum performance attainable by the implementation
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the maximum performance attainable by the instruction
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the minimum performance attainable by the implementation
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the minimum performance attainable by the instruction
Pregunta 156
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What is the Pipeline CP = ?
Respuesta
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deal pipeline CPI + Structural stalls + Data hazard stalls + Control stalls
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deal pipeline CPU + Data hazard stalls + Control stalls
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deal pipeline CPU + deal pipeline CPI + Data hazard stalls + Control stalls
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Structural stalls + Data hazard stalls + Control stalls
Pregunta 157
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The simplest and most common way to increase the ILP is …?
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to exploit parallelism among iterations of a loop
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to exploit minimalism among iterations of a loop
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to destroy iterations of a loop
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to decrease the minimalism of risk
Pregunta 158
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The simplest and most common way to increase the ILP is to exploit parallelism among
iterations of a loop. How is often called?
Pregunta 159
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In parallelism have three different types of dependences, tagging him:
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data dependences , name dependences , and control dependences
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data dependences , name dependences , and surname dependences
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datagram dependences , name dependences , and animal dependences
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no correct answers
Pregunta 160
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What is Name dependence?
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name dependence occurs when two instructions use the same register or memory location
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name dependence occurs when five or more instructions use the same register or memory location
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name dependence occurs when instructions use the same name
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All answers is correct
Pregunta 161
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When occurs an output dependence?
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When i and instruction j write the same register or memory location
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when i and instruction j write the same name
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when i and instruction j write the same adress or memory location
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All answers is correct
Pregunta 162
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What is RAW (read after write)?
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when j tries to read a source before i writes it, so j incorrectly gets the old value
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when i tries to read a source before j writes it, so j correctly gets the old value
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when j tries to write a source before i writes it
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when a tries to write a source before b read it, so a incorrectly gets the old value
Pregunta 163
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What is given is not a hazard?
Pregunta 164
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A simple scheme for increasing the number of instructions relative to the branch and
overhead instructions is…?
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loop unrolling
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RAR
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loop-level
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loop rolling
Pregunta 165
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Effect that results from instruction scheduling in large code segments is called…?
Respuesta
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register pressure
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loop unrolling
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loop-level
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registration
Pregunta 166
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The simplest dynamic branch-prediction scheme is a
Respuesta
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branch-prediction buffer
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branch buffer
-
All answers correct
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registration
Pregunta 167
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Branch predictors that use the behavior of other branches to make a prediction are called
Pregunta 168
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How many branch-selected entries are in a (2,2) predictor that has a total of 8K bits in the
prediction buffer? If we know that Number of prediction entries selected by the branch = 8K
Respuesta
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the number of prediction entries selected by the branch = 1K.
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the number of prediction entries selected by the branch = 2K.
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the number of prediction entries selected by the branch = 8K.
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the number of prediction entries selected by the branch = 4K.
Pregunta 169
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What is the compulsory in Cs model?
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The very first access to a block cannot be in the cache, so the block must be brought into the cache.
Compulsory misses are those that occur even if you had an infinite cache
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If the cache cannot contain all the blocks needed during execution of a program, capacity misses
(in addition to compulsory misses) will occur because of blocks being discarded and later
retrieved
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The number of accesses that miss divided by the number of accesses.
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None of them
Pregunta 170
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What is capacityin Cs model?
Respuesta
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If the cache cannot contain all the blocks needed during execution of a program, capacity misses
(in addition to compulsory misses) will occur because of blocks being discarded and later retrieved
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The very first access to a block cannot be in the cache, so the block must be brought into the
cache. Compulsory misses are those that occur even if you had an infinite cache.
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The number of accesses that miss divided by the number of accesses.
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None of them
Pregunta 171
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What is conflict in Cs model?
Respuesta
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If the block placement strategy is not fully associative, conflict misses (in addition to compulsory
and capacity misses) will occur because a block may be discarded and later retrieved if conflicting
blocks map to its set
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The very first access to a block cannot be in the cache, so the block must be brought into the
cache. Compulsory misses are those that occur even if you had an infinite cache.
-
If the cache cannot contain all the blocks needed during execution of a program, capacity misses
(in addition to compulsory misses) will occur because of blocks being discarded and later
retrieved
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None of them
Pregunta 172
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Choose the benefit of Cache Optimization.
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Larger block size to reduce miss rate
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Bigger caches to increase miss rat
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Single level caches to reduce miss penalty
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None of them
Pregunta 173
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Choose the strategy of Seventh Optimization.
Pregunta 174
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Choose the Eight Optimization
Respuesta
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Merging Write Buffer to Reduce Miss Penalty
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Critical word first
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Nonblocking Caches to Increase Cache Bandwidth
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Trace Caches to Reduce Hit Time
Pregunta 175
Pregunta
Choose the Eleventh Optimization
Respuesta
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Compiler-Controlled Prefetching to Reduce Miss Penalty or Miss Rate
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Merging Write Buffer to Reduce Miss Penalty
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Hardware Prefetching of Instructions and Data to Reduce Miss Penalty or Miss Rate
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None of them
Pregunta 176
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What is the access time?
Respuesta
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Time between when a read is requested and when the desired word arrives
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The minimum time between requests to memory.
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Describes the technology inside the memory chips and those innovative, internal organizations
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None of them
Pregunta 177
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What is the cycle time?
Respuesta
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The minimum time between requests to memory
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Time between when a read is requested and when the desired word arrives
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The maximum time between requests to memory.
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None of them
Pregunta 178
Pregunta
How much in percentage single-processor performance improvement has dropped to
less than?
Pregunta 179
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How many elements of the Instruction Set Architecture (ISA):
Pregunta 180
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What is the Thread Level Parallelism –
Respuesta
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Exploits either data-level parallelism or task-level parallelism in a tightly coupled hardware model that
allows for interaction among parallel threads.
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Exploit data-level parallelism by applying a single instruction to a collection of data in parallel.
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Exploits parallelism among largely decoupled tasks specified by the programmer or operating system.
Pregunta 181
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What is the PMD in computer classes?
Respuesta
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Personal mobile device
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Powerful markup distance
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Percentage map device
Pregunta 182
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What is the Instruction Level Parallelism:
Respuesta
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Exploits data-level parallelism at modest levels with compiler help using ideas like pipelining and at a
medium levels using ideas like speculative execution.
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Exploits parallelism among largely decoupled tasks specified by the programmer or operating system
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Exploit data-level parallelism by applying a single instruction to a collection of data in parallel
Pregunta 183
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How many elements in Trends of Technology?
Pregunta 184
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What is the Vector Architecture and Graphic Processor Units (GPUs) –
Respuesta
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Exploit data-level parallelism by applying a single instruction to a collection of data in parallel.
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Exploits data-level parallelism at modest levels with compiler help using ideas like pipelining and at a
medium levels using ideas like speculative execution
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Exploits parallelism among largely decoupled tasks specified by the programmer or operating system.
Pregunta 185
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How many Optimizations’ in Cache memory Performance?
Pregunta 186
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What is the Reducing the Miss Rate?
Respuesta
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Time Optimization
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Compiler Optimization
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Performance Optimization
Pregunta 187
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What is the Spatial Locality?
Pregunta 188
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What is the Temporal Locality?
Pregunta 189
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True formula of Module availability (MTTF – mean time to failure, MTTR – mean
time to repair)?
Respuesta
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MTTF / (MTTF + MTTR)
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MTTF * (MTTF + MTTR)
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MTTF * (MTTF - MTTR)