I/O Management Techniques

Question 1: Consider the following I/O scenarios on a single-user PC:  a. A mouse used with a graphical user interface  b. A tape drive on a multitasking operating system (with no device preallocation available)  c. A disk drive containing user files d. A graphics card with direct bus connection, accessible through memory-mapped I/O  For each … Read more

Excel chapter 6 assignment

      Start Excel. Download   and open the file named Exp19_Excel_AppCapstone_ComprehensiveAssessment- Manufacturing.xlsx. Grader has   automatically added your last name to the beginning of the filename.    Group all the   worksheets in the workbook and fill the range A1:F1 from the Insurance   worksheet across all worksheets including the formatting. Ungroup the   worksheets after the fill is complete … Read more

Discussion 2

  As we reach the mid-point of LEAS 732, what two topics/issues of program planning and assessment have been the most “eye-opening”  or surprising to you?  Topics: Indirect Assessment              Need for improvement and Evaluation How do you think each of these will impact your current or future employment goals?

Activity

  Your firm is interested in learning more about how its salaries relate to its employees’ tenure with the firm. It has collected the following data for 25 of its employees. EMPLOYEE NUMBER    TENURE (YEARS)      SALARY ($)   1                                         15                                53,908   2                                         32                                78,230    3                                         14                                 55,164 4                                         20                                 57,647 5                                         25                                 63,111 6                                         14 … Read more

Home work: Types of Memories

Question 1Application of Amdahl’s Law:Answer the following two questions and show your work: What is the overall speedup if you make 15% of a program 85 times faster? What is the overall speedup if you make 85% of a program 15 times faster  Question 2Consider a dynamic RAM that must be given a refresh cycle … Read more

Computer Architecture : topic (Is DNA the future of data storage? )

Discussion Questions: Why is DNA storing information important? What characteristic of DNA makes it good for storing information? What are the advantages of using DNA for information storage instead of RNA? What are the obstacles hindering the scaling up of DNA data storage?  Can synthetic DNA store digital data and perform special-purpose computations, like large-scale … Read more

Software System Design feb 3

In the folder, CS 620 Software Systems Design – Power Points, you will see a document called “NCCA Write Up”…for this assignment, you are to read the document carefully and create a CONTEXT DFD…make sure you review what a Context DFD diagram is… Take your time…do this a piece at a time…remember, this is an ITERATIVE process…so … Read more

Week 2 Assignment: Parallel Programming jan 31

1. How does parallel processing work in computer architecture? 2. What does Amdahl’s law state? What is Amdahl’s law and why it is used? 3. What are the applications of parallel processing in computer architecture? 4. What are the challenges in parallel processing in computer architecture? 5. Identify reasons for and consequences of the recent switch … Read more