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What is a major goal of this course regarding design?
What is a major goal of this course regarding design?
Which role of the architect involves analyzing past workloads?
Which role of the architect involves analyzing past workloads?
What does the 'Look Forward' role of an architect encourage?
What does the 'Look Forward' role of an architect encourage?
In the context of a computer architect, what does 'Look Down' refer to?
In the context of a computer architect, what does 'Look Down' refer to?
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Which of the following is NOT a focus area for this course?
Which of the following is NOT a focus area for this course?
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Study Notes
Course Goals
- Understand the principles and precedents of computer architecture
- Evaluate the tradeoffs of different designs and concepts
- Develop principled designs
- Create novel designs
- Focus on principles, precedent, and their implementation in new designs
Role of the Architect
- Analyze historical designs and architectures to understand tradeoffs and workloads
- Understand the history of computer architecture to learn from successes and failures
- Create new designs and ideas, pushing the boundaries of computer architecture
- Explore new design choices and evaluate their effectiveness
- Identify and understand important problems in computer architecture
- Develop architectures and ideas to solve problems
- Understand the capabilities of underlying technologies
- Predict and adapt to the future of technology, designing for many years ahead
- Enable future technology through design and innovation
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Description
Explore the fundamental principles and historical precedents of computer architecture in this quiz. Evaluate tradeoffs of various designs and understand their implications on technology's future. Test your knowledge on creating novel and principled architectural designs.
