D548 TASK ONE COMPREHENSIVE
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥multiprocessor architecture. Answer: A unified graphics and
computing multiprocessor executes vertex, geometry, and pixel fragment
shader programs, and parallel computing programs
advantages:
Increased throughput
Cost saving
Increased reliability
⩥Streaming processor (SP). Answer: the primary thread instruction
processor in the multiprocessor
⩥Special function unit (SFU). Answer: Compute 32-bit floating-point
approximations to reciprocal, reciprocal square root, and key
transcendental functions. It also implements 32-bit floating-point planar
attribute interpolation for pixel shaders, providing accurate interpolation
of attributes such as color, depth, and texture coordinates.
,⩥Uniform Memory Access (UMA). Answer: A multiprocessor in which
latency to any word in main memory is about the same no matter which
processor requests the access.
⩥Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA). Answer: Varying system
memory access times, because of system hardware.
⩥throughput. Answer: the amount of work performed by a system
during a given period of time
⩥CPU Time Formula. Answer: (Instructions) x (CPI) x (Clock Cycle
Time)
⩥Set Associative Cache. Answer: A cache that has a fixed number of
locations (at least two) where each block can be placed
(Block number) modulo (Num set in the cache)
Variable
one-way - Original set
two-way - Will improve overall performance
four-way
eight-way
, ⩥Fully associative cache. Answer: A cache structure in which a block
can be placed in any location in the cache.
⩥CDC 6600. Answer: This system is widely considered to have been the
first supercomputer. Also first load-store architecture
⩥Tomasulo's Algorithm. Answer: An algorithm for dynamic scheduling
and out-of-order execution
uses dynamic hazard detection, generalized forwarding, and reservation
stations.
⩥IBM 7030. Answer: AKA Stretch
Produced with the goal of being 100 times faster than the previous IBM
704
⩥Imprecise interupt. Answer: The unpopularity of imprecise interrupts
led to the standard of commit units in dynamically scheduled pipelined
processors
⩥Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Answer: A major American
company in the computer industry from the 1950s to the 1990s
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥multiprocessor architecture. Answer: A unified graphics and
computing multiprocessor executes vertex, geometry, and pixel fragment
shader programs, and parallel computing programs
advantages:
Increased throughput
Cost saving
Increased reliability
⩥Streaming processor (SP). Answer: the primary thread instruction
processor in the multiprocessor
⩥Special function unit (SFU). Answer: Compute 32-bit floating-point
approximations to reciprocal, reciprocal square root, and key
transcendental functions. It also implements 32-bit floating-point planar
attribute interpolation for pixel shaders, providing accurate interpolation
of attributes such as color, depth, and texture coordinates.
,⩥Uniform Memory Access (UMA). Answer: A multiprocessor in which
latency to any word in main memory is about the same no matter which
processor requests the access.
⩥Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA). Answer: Varying system
memory access times, because of system hardware.
⩥throughput. Answer: the amount of work performed by a system
during a given period of time
⩥CPU Time Formula. Answer: (Instructions) x (CPI) x (Clock Cycle
Time)
⩥Set Associative Cache. Answer: A cache that has a fixed number of
locations (at least two) where each block can be placed
(Block number) modulo (Num set in the cache)
Variable
one-way - Original set
two-way - Will improve overall performance
four-way
eight-way
, ⩥Fully associative cache. Answer: A cache structure in which a block
can be placed in any location in the cache.
⩥CDC 6600. Answer: This system is widely considered to have been the
first supercomputer. Also first load-store architecture
⩥Tomasulo's Algorithm. Answer: An algorithm for dynamic scheduling
and out-of-order execution
uses dynamic hazard detection, generalized forwarding, and reservation
stations.
⩥IBM 7030. Answer: AKA Stretch
Produced with the goal of being 100 times faster than the previous IBM
704
⩥Imprecise interupt. Answer: The unpopularity of imprecise interrupts
led to the standard of commit units in dynamically scheduled pipelined
processors
⩥Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Answer: A major American
company in the computer industry from the 1950s to the 1990s
