Systems Architecture
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ISBN: 9781305080195
Author: Stephen D. Burd
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Top 10 Supercomputers:
The below table displays the top 10 supercomputers, the processor used in them, and their clock rates and word size.
| Name | CPU Used | Clock rate | Word size |
| Summit | IBM POWER9 22C | 3.07GHz | 64 bits |
| Sierra | IBM POWER9 22C | 3.1GHz | 64 bits |
| Sunway TaihuLight | Sunway SW26010 260C | 1.45GHz | 64 bits |
| Tianhe-2A | Intel Xeon E5-2692v2 12C | 2.2GHz | 64 bits |
| Frontera - Dell C6420 | Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 28C | 2.7GHz | 64 bits |
| Piz Daint - Cray XC50 | Intel Xeon E5-2690v3 12C | 2.6GHz | 64 bits |
| Trinity - Cray XC40 | Intel Xeon Phi 7250 68C | 1.4GHz | 64 bits |
| PRIMERGY CX2570 M4 | Intel Xeon Gold 6148 20C | 2... |
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Systems Architecture
Ch. 4 - Prob. 1VECh. 4 - ________________ generates heat in electrical...Ch. 4 - Prob. 3VECh. 4 - Prob. 4VECh. 4 - Prob. 5VECh. 4 - One _________________ is one cycle per second.
Ch. 4 - Prob. 7VECh. 4 - When an instruction is first fetched from memory,...Ch. 4 - Prob. 9VECh. 4 - Prob. 10VE
Ch. 4 - Prob. 11VECh. 4 - Prob. 12VECh. 4 - The contents of a memory location are copied to a...Ch. 4 - Prob. 14VECh. 4 - A(n) ________________ instruction always alters...Ch. 4 - Prob. 16VECh. 4 - A(n) ____________________ instruction copies data...Ch. 4 - The CPU incurs one or more _________________ when...Ch. 4 - The CPU incurs one or more _____ when its idle,...Ch. 4 - In many CPUs, a register called the _____ stores...Ch. 4 - The components of an instruction are its _____ and...Ch. 4 - Two 1-bit values generate a 1 result value when...Ch. 4 - A(n) _____ operation transforms a 0 bit value to 1...Ch. 4 - _____ predicts that transistor density will double...Ch. 4 - A(n) _____ is a measure of CPU or computer system...Ch. 4 - _____ is a CPU design technique in which...Ch. 4 - Describe the operation of a MOVE instruction. Why...Ch. 4 - Prob. 2RQCh. 4 - Prob. 3RQCh. 4 - Prob. 4RQCh. 4 - Prob. 5RQCh. 4 - Prob. 7RQCh. 4 - Prob. 8RQCh. 4 - Prob. 9RQCh. 4 - How does pipelining improve CPU efficiency? What’s...Ch. 4 - Prob. 11RQCh. 4 - Develop a program consisting of primitive CPU...Ch. 4 - If a microprocessor has a cycle time of 0.5...Ch. 4 - Processor R is a 64-bit RISC processor with a 2...Ch. 4 - Prob. 4PECh. 4 - Prob. 1RPCh. 4 - Prob. 2RPCh. 4 - Prob. 3RP
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