CEA Chap17

A taxonomy first introduced by _______ is still the most common way of categorizing systems with parallel processing capability.

• Randolph

• Flynn

• von Neuman

• Desai

Uniprocessors fall into the _______ category of computer systems.

• MIMD

• SIMD

• SISD

• d. MISD

Vector and array processors fall into the ________ category of computer systems.

• SIMD

• SISD

• MISD

• MIMD

SMPs, clusters, and NUMA systems fit into the ________ category of computer systems.

• SISD

• MIMD

• SIMD

• MISD

A _________ problem arises when multiple copies of the same data can exist in different caches simultaneously, and if processors are allowed to update their own copies freely, an inconsistent view of memory can result.

• cache coherence

• cluster

• failover

• failback

Hardware-based solutions are generally referred to as cache coherence _______.

• clusters

• streams

• protocols

• vectors

A __________ is an instance of a program running on a computer.

• process

• process switch

• thread

• thread switch

A ________ is a dispatchable unit of work within a process that includes a processor context and its own data area for a stack.

• process

• process switch

• thread

• thread switch

Replicating the entire processor on a single chip with each processor handling separate threads is _________.

• interleaved multithreading

• blocked multithreading

• simultaneous multithreading

• chip multiprocessing

With no multithreading, _________ is the simple pipeline found in traditional RISC and CISC machines.

• superscalar

• single-threaded scalar

• blocked multithreaded scalar

• interleaved multithreaded scalar