Chapter 1, Problem 1.2E

a.

Assembly line in manufacturing:

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The performance via pipelining is the extension of parallelism...

b.

Suspension bridge cables:

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Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) is one of the important techniques in data storage...

c.

Aircraft and marine navigation systems that incorporate wind information:

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The performance via pipelining is the extension of parallelism. It is used in the execution of instructions ...

d.

Express elevators in buildings:

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Common case technique is used for increasing the performance of the computer whic...

e.

Library reserve desk:

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The principle of locality is the recently accessed memory which may be used in the fu...

f.

Increasing the gate area on a CMOS transistor:

Explanation of Solution

The performance via pipelining is the extension of parallelism. It is used in the execution of instructions in the form of an assembly line...

g.

Adding electromagnetic aircraft catapults:

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The prediction done by Gordon Moore, one of the founders of Intel that for every 18-24 months the integrated circuits gets doubled is known as Moore’s Law...

h.

Building self-driving cars:

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Abstraction is a form of complex system which includes only the important details needed for the viewer by hiding complex or unnecessary details...