Assignment
For this chapter, do ONE of the following exercises in Chapter 1 of Hennessy and Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 6th edition, pages 62 – 68.
• Exercise 1.2: Chip costs and fabrication
• Exercise 1.5: Cell phone performance and battery life
• Exercise 1.12: Quad-core with encryption
• Exercise 1.15: Amdahl’s Law
You may work on this assignment as individuals or in two-person teams. See below for team information.
You may consult with your classmates or others on the general nature of the assignment, but you must prepare and write your solution yourself, in your own words. Your explanation of your answer is at least as important as the quantitative result.
If you do not have time to finish this assignment please turn in what you have completed, along with a statement of how much time you spent on the assignment and an explanation of where you had difficulty.
This assignment is due on Thursday, March 21, 2019, at 6:00 PM.
Deliverables
Submit your written solution to Canvas. This assignment is named Homework #1.
The overall value of this assignment is 20 points.
