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Which of the following is a key characteristic of a bus interconnect?
Which of the following is a key characteristic of a bus interconnect?
- It is more expensive than switched interconnects
- The communication wires are not shared by the devices connected to it
- It is more flexible than switched interconnects (correct)
- It is faster than switched interconnects
Why are buses being rapidly replaced by switched interconnects in large shared-memory systems?
Why are buses being rapidly replaced by switched interconnects in large shared-memory systems?
- Buses have low performance (correct)
- Buses are faster than switched interconnects
- Buses are more expensive than switched interconnects
- Switched interconnects are less flexible than buses
What are the shapes used to represent communication links, cores or memory modules, and switches in the diagram shown in the text?
What are the shapes used to represent communication links, cores or memory modules, and switches in the diagram shown in the text?
- Lines, circles, and squares
- Triangles, circles, and lines
- Lines, squares, and circles (correct)
- Circles, triangles, and squares
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