Week 4

Question 1

Contents of theoretical cpu.

Answer 1

Decode Unit.
Register File.
Control Unit.
Executing Unit.

Question 2

What does assembler do?

Answer 2

Each assembly language instruction is translated into exactly one machine instruction.

Question 3

5 metrics used to compare different processor architectures

Answer 3

1. Architectural Model
2. The Register File
3. The Instruction Set
4. The Data types supported.
5. The executing unit

Question 4

PCI

Answer 4

Peripheral Component Interconnect- a parallel bus used to connect the processor to peripheral devices

Question 5

MIPS

Answer 5

Mega Instructions Per Second- processor performance measure indicating how many machine instructions the processor can execute.

Question 6

MTBF

Answer 6

Mean Time Before Failures - the predicted average time from when a system is put into service to when it will fail.

Question 7

DRAM

Answer 7

Dynamic Random Access Memory- a type of memory which must be continuosly refreshed.

Question 8

PCM

Answer 8

Pulse Code Modulation- an uncompressed audio representation.