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