Test 2 represents alot of material, although I believe there is less material than there was with Test 1. Below you will find a list of the topics that will be covered on Test 2. Included for each topic is the reading from the textbook for that topic. I've also tried to put together a list of the questions from previous year's tests that address that topic. You can find copies of those tests from the following links.
The format of the test will be like Test 1 with about 60% to 70% short answer questions 30% to 40% longer "descriptive " questions. Be sure to look at the questions from our in-class exercises and the homeworks.
| Topic | Reading | Notes | Supporting Material |
| I/O | Chapter 7 | ||
| Intro to CPU Design | Sections 10.3, 10.4, and 12.1 through 12.4 | ||
| RISC Processors | Chapter 13 | ||
| Superscalar Machines | Chapter 12 | ||
| SMP and Clusters | Sections 18.1 through 18.4 | ||
| Vector Computing | Section 18.7 |
Below is a mapping of previous year's tests to questions that might look good for our second test.
| Topic | Fall '05 Test 2 | Fall '06 Test 2 | Fall '05 Test 3 | Fall '06 Test 3 |
| I/O | 19 through 26 | 13 through 21 | ||
| Registers | 10 | 11, 12 | ||
| Pipelining | 11 through 22 | 13 through 24 | ||
| RISC | 23 through 26 | 25 through 29 | ||
| Superscalar | 27 through 33 | 30 through 33 | ||
| SMP/Clusters | 34 through 45 | 34 through 43 | ||
| Vector computing |
No old test questions Just be sure to look at the lecture notes |
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