multicore-computers

_________ is when multiple pipelines are constructed by replicating execution resources, enabling parallel execution of instructions in parallel pipelines so long as hazards are avoided.

• A. Vectoring

• B. Superscalar

• C. Hybrid multithreading

• D. Pipelining

One way to control power density is to use more of the chip area for ________.

• A. multicore

• B. cache memory

• C. silicon

• D. resistors

Lotus Domino or Siebel CRM are examples of ___________ applications.

• A. threaded

• B. multi-process

• C. Java

• D. multi-instance

Oracle database, SAP, and PeopleSoft are examples of ________ applications.

• A. Java

• B. multithreaded native

• C. multi-instance

• D. multi-process

_______ applications that can benefit directly from multicore resources include application servers such as Sun's Java Application Server, BEA's Weblogic, IBM's Websphere, and the open-source Tomcat application server.

• A. Multi-instance

• B. Multi-process

• C. Java

• D. Threaded

Putting rendering on one processor, AI on another, and physics on another is an example of _________ threading.

• A. coarse

• B. multi-instance

• C. fine-grained

• D. hybrid

A loop that iterates over an array of data can be split up into a number of smaller parallel loops in individual threads that can be scheduled in parallel when using ________ threading.

• A. multi-process

• B. fine-grained

• C. hybrid

• D. coarse

The _________ is an example of splitting off a separate, shared L3 cache, with dedicated L1 and L2 caches for each core processor.

• A. IBM 370

• B. ARM11 MPCore

• C. AMD Opteron

• D. Intel Core i7

The ________ connects to the external bus, known as the Front Side Bus, which connects to main memory, I/O controllers, and other processor chips.

• A. L2

• B. APIC

• C. bus interface

• D. all of the above

The Intel Core i7-990X, introduced in 2008, implements ______ x86 SMT processors, each with a dedicated L2 cache, and with a shared L3 cache.
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6

• A. 2

• B. 4

• C. 6

• D.8