ECEN 324 EXAM 3 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

ECEN 324 EXAM 3 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
Moore's Law
Answer:
The number of transistors per chip would double every year for the next 10 years.

Question:
ARM
Answer:
32 bit RISC instruction set architecture developed by ARM Holdings.

Question:
CISC
Answer:
Many different instructions with many different formats

Question:
RISC
Answer:
Reduced Instruction Set Computers

Question:
Atom
Answer:
Intel's response to ARM. Ultra-low-voltage IA-32 and x86-64 CPUs

Question:
x86-64
Answer:
The new standard

Question:
Architecture
Answer:
ISA(Instruction Set Architecture)
The parts of a processor design that one needs to understand or write assembly/machine code.

Question:
Microarchitecture
Answer:
Implementation of the architecture