Homework Assignment 4

Answer the following questions and submit your answers as a pdf file in your dropbox in a subdirectory called "homeworks". Name the file hw4.pdf and make sure to include your name in the document. Homework assignments are to be solved independently! The deadline for this assignment is 11.59pm on December 1st. No late submissions will be accepted!

  • Exercise 8.1 in the book.
  • Explain the concept of Dynamic Voltage Scaling (DVS). Pick a desktop or laptop you often use (laboratory, home) and describe its DVS capabilities, i.e., the clock frequencies and voltages it supports (e.g., look online for specifications and data sheets for the processor).
  • Exercise 9.1 in the book.
  • Exercise 9.4 in the book.
  • Exercise 9.6 in the book.
  • Exercise 9.7 in the book.
  • Exercise 10.1 in the book.
  • Exercise 10.5 in the book.