Computer Science 430 Assignment 07 Winter 2008–09

Keep up with the indicated pace of reading in each chapter for class.

Submit your solutions to the following problems, which are specific exercises from the end of chapter 6 of the book by Patterson and Hennessy, by 1:00 PM, Thursday, 26 February 2009. You may hand in your work at Science Hall 131, if it is open, or at the faculty mailboxes in Briggs.

1. Exercise 6.4
2. Exercise 6.21
3. Exercise 6.30 (How many 100-ps cycles for R instructions, stores, loads, branches, jumps? What is the new CPI? etc.)
4. Exercise 6.34 (new clock: 100 ps)
5. Exercise 6.36
6. Exercise 6.47

For work of this sort, some indication of method (not just final result) is appropriate.

Note that the final deadline for all written work in this course will be 1:00 PM, Saturday, 14 March 2009.