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What is the main focus of HPC (High Performance Computing)?
What is the main focus of HPC (High Performance Computing)?
- Delivering high computational performance for scientific/engineering applications (correct)
- Reducing power consumption and energy
- Providing on-demand access to a shared pool of computing resources
- Managing cloud computing infrastructure
How is HPC infrastructure typically owned and managed?
How is HPC infrastructure typically owned and managed?
- It is owned and managed by third-party cloud service providers
- Organizations own and manage their dedicated HPC infrastructure (correct)
- It is owned by individual users
- It is managed by the government
What is the main difference between HPC and Cloud Computing?
What is the main difference between HPC and Cloud Computing?
- Cloud Computing focuses on high computational performance for specific tasks, while HPC provides on-demand access to a shared pool of computing resources for general purposes
- HPC and Cloud Computing are both used exclusively for scientific/engineering applications
- HPC and Cloud Computing have no significant differences
- HPC focuses on high computational performance for specific tasks, while Cloud Computing provides on-demand access to a shared pool of computing resources for general purposes (correct)
What are the steps to achieve high performance in HPC?
What are the steps to achieve high performance in HPC?
What is the purpose of DVFS in HPC?
What is the purpose of DVFS in HPC?
Which type of infrastructure is more general-purpose and supports a variety of workloads?
Which type of infrastructure is more general-purpose and supports a variety of workloads?
What technological trend involves the distribution of computational tasks among peer devices rather than relying on centralized cloud servers?
What technological trend involves the distribution of computational tasks among peer devices rather than relying on centralized cloud servers?
What is a problem associated with single core processors?
What is a problem associated with single core processors?
What does VLSI technology offer in terms of integration density?
What does VLSI technology offer in terms of integration density?
What kind of technology involves the delivery of computing services over the internet via a renting model?
What kind of technology involves the delivery of computing services over the internet via a renting model?
What problem can occur due to sharing resources in a multiprocessor system?
What problem can occur due to sharing resources in a multiprocessor system?
What is a problem associated with single core processors' ILP?
What is a problem associated with single core processors' ILP?
What method involves manual instrumentation for profiling?
What method involves manual instrumentation for profiling?
What kind of processors are flexible, programmable, and provide higher performance than ASIC?
What kind of processors are flexible, programmable, and provide higher performance than ASIC?
What are ASICs known for?
What are ASICs known for?
What is the purpose of DVFS in HPC?
What is the purpose of DVFS in HPC?
What technology involves the distribution of computational tasks among peer devices rather than relying on centralized cloud servers?
What technology involves the distribution of computational tasks among peer devices rather than relying on centralized cloud servers?
What kind of processors are flexible, programmable, and provide higher performance than ASIC?
What kind of processors are flexible, programmable, and provide higher performance than ASIC?
What method involves manual instrumentation for profiling?
What method involves manual instrumentation for profiling?
What does VLSI technology offer in terms of integration density?
What does VLSI technology offer in terms of integration density?
What problem can occur due to sharing resources in a multiprocessor system?
What problem can occur due to sharing resources in a multiprocessor system?
In HPC systems, what is the purpose of task scheduling with more than 2 processors?
In HPC systems, what is the purpose of task scheduling with more than 2 processors?
What problems can arise due to sharing resources in a multiprocessor system?
What problems can arise due to sharing resources in a multiprocessor system?
What is the typical limit for ILP (Instruction-Level Parallelism) by a uniprocessor?
What is the typical limit for ILP (Instruction-Level Parallelism) by a uniprocessor?
What does VLSI technology offer in terms of integration density?
What does VLSI technology offer in terms of integration density?
What is the main focus of Cloud Computing?
What is the main focus of Cloud Computing?
What does Fog Computing aim to achieve?
What does Fog Computing aim to achieve?
What problem is associated with single core processors' ILP?
What problem is associated with single core processors' ILP?
What do ASICs offer in terms of performance and power consumption compared to processors?
What do ASICs offer in terms of performance and power consumption compared to processors?
What is the main challenge associated with automatically parallelizing sequential code?
What is the main challenge associated with automatically parallelizing sequential code?
What is the primary advantage of multiprocessors over ASICs?
What is the primary advantage of multiprocessors over ASICs?
