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What is a major goal of this course regarding design?
What is a major goal of this course regarding design?
- To emphasize competitive tactics in design
- To memorize outdated designs
- To develop unique and innovative designs (correct)
- To only focus on existing technologies
Which role of the architect involves analyzing past workloads?
Which role of the architect involves analyzing past workloads?
- Look Forward
- Look Backward (correct)
- Look Up
- Look Down
What does the 'Look Forward' role of an architect encourage?
What does the 'Look Forward' role of an architect encourage?
- Focusing solely on current design principles
- Preventing any changes in design
- Studying ancient coding practices
- Creating new designs and evaluating innovations (correct)
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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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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