Chapter 6: Processor Subsystem

Question 1

According to IBM, which Intel Xeon processor is designed for virtualization environments?

Answer 1

Xeon 7400 Series

Question 2

How large is the external cache line in the NetBurst Architecture?

Answer 2

64-bytes

Question 2

Which Intel Xeon CPU Architecture uses Simultaneous Multi-threading?

Answer 2

Nehalem

Question 3

The Xeon MP Tulsa Range of frequencies from?

Answer 3

2.5 to 3.2 GHz

Question 3

With two CPUs, expect how much improvement when you double the L2 cache size

Answer 3

4% to 6%

Question 4

According to IBM which Intel Xeon CPU is known as the workhorse processor?

Answer 4

Xeon 5500 Series (Gainestown)

Question 4

Netburst architecture can support a what clock rate

Answer 4

5Ghz

Question 4

What three small processors have recently been introduced in the server environment?

Answer 4

ARM, Snapdragon (Qualcomm), and Atom (Intel)

Question 4

With four CPUs, expect how much improvement when you double the L2 cache size

Answer 4

8% to 10%

Question 5

In Split-Plane or Dual Dynamic Power Management (DDPM) CPUs the Power Supply for the Core is?

Answer 5

Independent to the core

Question 7

What was the first first Intel processor to use lower power consuming Intel Core Architecture over the older Netburst architecture?

Answer 7

Intel Xeon 5100 (Woodcrest)

Question 7

Intel Wide Dynamic Execution allows how many instructions to be processed simultaneously?

Answer 7

4

Question 8

Which Intel CPU introduced demand-based switching?

Answer 8

Intel Xeon 5100 (Woodcrest)

Question 10

Which Intel Xeon CPU Architecture has shared last level cache?

Answer 10

Nehalem

Question 12

What advantage do Switched Nodes offer over other FSB technologies?

Answer 12

Increased throughput

Question 13

With eight CPUs, expect how much improvement when you double the L2 cache size

Answer 13

10% to 15%

Question 14

NetBurst Architecture is usable up to how many cores?

Answer 14

2

Question 15

Electron leakage results in what?

Answer 15

Large power consumption

Question 16

The Xeon DP Woodcrest Range of frequencies from?

Answer 16

1.6 to 3.0 GHz

Question 17

EPIC stands for what?

Answer 17

Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing

Question 19

In a Switched Fabric Topology, what device is used to connect the nodes to each other?

Answer 19

A Switch

Question 21

Which Intel CPU replaced Core Microarchitecture with Nehalem Microarchitecture

Answer 21

Xeon 5500 Series (Gainestown)

Question 23

With the increase of clock rate in NetBurst, you also have an increase in what?

Answer 23

Heat and Power Consumption

Question 24

With Intel Wide Dynamic Execution, Some instructions can be combined into a single instruction using the technique of?

Answer 24

Macrofusion

Question 25

Which AMD CPU managed cache transfers through a crossbar switch?

Answer 25

Revision F Opteron

Question 26

Was it AMD or Intel who released the first backwards compatible 64bit CPU?

Answer 26

AMD

Question 27

What was the first Intel dual core to include an included shared L3 cache?

Answer 27

Intel Xeon 7100 (Tulsa)