CS/ECE 752: Advanced Computer Architecture I
Homework #1
Due: Tuesday, September 21, 1999
You should do the work alone. No late assignments will be accepted.
Problem 1
(2 points) H&P Problem 1.6
Problem 2
(3 points)
- Using data from your reading assigments, what system currently
has the best SPECint95 result (not baseline result)?
Explain how you obtained your answer. Repeat for SPECfp95.
- Using data from your reading assigments, what system currently has
the best TPC-C performance value? Explain how you obtained your answer.
Repeat for TPC-C Price/Performance.
- Give the pros and cons of SPEC's use of the geometric mean for
averaging benchmark results.
Problem 3
(4 points) H&P Problem 2.3
Problem 4
(4 points)
- In several paragraphs (e.g., 150-250 words), write a summary of the
principal arguments of Robert P. Colwell, Charles Y. Hitchcock, E. Douglas
Jensen, H. M. Brinkey Sprunt, and Charles P. Kollar. Computers,
Complexity, and Controversy, IEEE Computer, September 1985.
- Critique the above (e.g., 100-150 words).