CS10

CMOS

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

Main Memory is built out of? a. DRAM b. Flash RAM c. SRAM d. MRAM

DRAM - Dynamic random-access memory

Is DISK volatile or nonvolatile?

nonvolatile

Is FLASH volatile or nonvolatile?

nonvolatile

Integrated Circuit (CMOS) Power is given by

CV^2f

CPU stands for?

Central Processing Unit

DRAM is ____ than SRAM

Denser

Order these memories from fastest to slowest Flash DRAM SRAM Disk

1. SRAM 2. DRAM 3.FLASH 4. DISK

If electric current is like flowing water, then a Capacitor, C, is like a ______ and a Transistor is like a _____

1. teacup 2. faucet

The internet is an example of? a. SAN b. LAN c. WAN

WAN - Wide area network

Which of these does not affect overall application performance? a. the processor b. the programming language c. the compiler d. the I/O system e. the operating system f. density of TLA's

density of TLA's

HLL

High Level Language

Is DRAM volatile or nonvolatile?

volatile

The execution time of a program after making an improvement is given by the following simple equation Execution time after improvement = Execution time unaffected + (Execution time affected by improvement / Amount of improvement) and is known as:

Amdahl's Law

The most complex integrated circuits (IC's) today contain? a. Trillions of transistors b. Millions of transistors c. Billions of transistors

Billions of transistors

The smallest component of information in a computer is a?

Bit

CMOS transistors come in two flavors, NMOS and PMOS. These are made by doping pure crystalline silicon with two other elements. Which of these elements are used in this doping process?

Boron and Phosphorus

After Moore's Law, the most scalable way to dramatically improve computer system performance is massive parallelism as evidenced by the rise of WSC's. What is the major difficulty in achieving the performance promise of WSC's? a. Software b. Hardware c. Power

Hardware

One of the most important abstractions is the interface between the lowest level of software and the hardware. This abstraction layer is called the ISA. ISA stands for?

Instruction Set Architecture

LAN

Local Area Network

Cache memory is built out of? a. MRAM b. DRAM c. SRAM

SRAM - Static random-access memory

SRAM is _____ than DRAM

faster

Is SRAM volatile or nonvolatile?

volatile