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Some pros involve the program possibly becoming faster and the independence of ISA
level programming while the cons involve having the program becoming much more
complex and the compiler having to generate a huge amount of micro-programs, which is
inefficient/inconvenient.
4. . Consider a multilevel computer in which all the levels are dierent. Each level
has instructions that are m times as powerful as those of the level below it; that
is, one level r instruction can do the work of m level r 1 instructions. If a level-1
program requires k seconds to run, how long would equivalent programs take at
levels 2, 3, and 4, assuming n level r instructions are required to interpret a single
r + 1 instruction?
Each instruction is performing in a recursive manner, so k can be derived as k = m/n, and
each time it goes up a level, it will increase by a level of m/n.
So on level 2, k = m/n
On level 3, it will be k = m/n * m/n which equals m/n
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For our gross domestic product, this is definitely not an obstacle, since it merely represents
.02% of our total GDP, because 2.19 * .01% = .02%.
13. Name three appliances that are candidates for being run by an embedded
CPU.
Appliances can be run by an embedded CPU include a washing/drying machine, a
microwave, and alarm clocks.
14. At a certain point in time, a transistor on a chip was 0.1 micron in diameter.
According to Moores law, how big would a transistor be on next years model?
Moore said that the next generation computer will increase constantly with about 4 times
in terms of transistor number. So this next year chip will have 1 + .6 or 1.6 times the
number of transistors. The transistor area would be 1/1.6 or .625 smaller than the previous
years chip. Therefore, the size would be about .79 microns if the last chip was .1 microns.
21. Pick the three people you think were most influential in creating modern
Websites that draw a lot of trac and write a short report describing their
contributions and why you picked them.
Larry Page was the co-founder of Google and is the inventor of PageRank, which acted as
the foundation of Googles search ranking algorithm. Google is now the most popular
search engine internationally, and now serves as a power hub for all kinds of innovation,
which is why I picked Larry.
Jackson Nielsen is frequently called The Kind of Usability and The Smartest Person on
the Web. He is one of the pioneers of UX or user experience design, which make any
website you go to now a much more enjoyable and feasible visit. Nielsen has helped pave
the way for sites that guarantee usability and a better experience, which is why I picked
him.
Steven Chen is a Taiwanese internet entrepreneur who is best known for being the cofounder and previous CTO of YouTube, which has been dubbed by some as the new
radio, MTV, record store, and music magazine of the 21st century. Because of the sheer
amount of video that is uploaded every second to the website, more and more people get
to watch whatever they want. I myself use YouTube frequently for a variety of reasons,
which is why I chose Chen.
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