$CSc1374$

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Assignment #$1$

Spring $2024$

For each of the Eight Great Ideas in Computer Architecture listed below, provide an example of how they might occur in terms of everyday life or within the context of computer programming or design. You should not use any of the examples described in Exercise $1\mathrm{.}2$ of the text book $($i$.$e$.,$ those we used in lecture and contained in the slides$).$

a$)$ Design for Moore's Law

b$)$ Use Abstraction to Simplify Design

c$)$ Make the Common Case Fast

d$)$ Performance via Parallelism

e$)$ Performance via Pipelining

f$)$ Performance via Prediction

g$)$ Hierarchy of Memories

h$)$ Dependability via Redundancy

Calculate the maximum dies per wafer, yield, and cost per die for each of the fabrication nodes $($i$.$e Processor A on Process Node X$,$ Processor A on Process Node Y$,$ etc.$)$ based on the information provided. You should use a $300mm$ diameter wafer for all calculations.

Processor A

Size: $9mm8mm$

Processor B

Size: $14mm21mm$

Process Node X

Cost per wafer: $$5,000$

Defect Density: $\mathrm{.}008$ defects per $m{m}^2$