Midterm 3 Review
CIS273
Course Goals
• Develop an understanding of principles and design tradeoffs in
modern computers
• Develop a basic understanding of computer performance
• Gain a detailed understanding of processor design for a given
instruction set architecture
• Gain an understanding of memory organization and memory
hierarchies
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What to Expect from Midterm 3
• T-F / MCQ – 20+1 points
• Storage Performance – 30 + 4 points
• Multithreading – 15 points
• Cache Allocations – 35 points
– SOLVE AND UNDERSTAND ASSIGNMENT 3
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Rules
• One cheat sheet
• You will NOT need calculators
• No electronic devices
• No slide printouts
• No collaboration – Automatic ”zero” when caught
• Be there on time, otherwise, you won’t be able to
enter after 2 PM
• 50 minutes exactly, no extra time