Homework P&H Ch. 4 and 5
Answer the following questions about Patterson and Hennessy, Chapters 4
and 5.
You only need to turn in those that have a point count assigned.
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(1 point)
What is dynamic branch prediction?
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(1 point)
Why are recent processors using multiple cores rather than single cores
with deeper pipelining?
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(1 point)
What is the principle of locality of reference?
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(2 points)
Describe briefly how a cache level works and how it takes advantage of
locality.