Chapter 10
Recent Developments In It
Exercises :
1. Fill in the blanks.
a. A multicore system has only one processing element within it………. (TRUE/FALSE)
b. Processor temperature……….with a decrease in its operating clock speed.
c. GPU stands for ……………
d. In order to facilitate communication, the cores are embedded with…… in case of NoC.
e Alexa is an example of …………..
f. IVR stands for ……………..
g. The expected number of loT devices connected to the Internet soon is……. crores.
h. Amazon web service is…………..
i. Sending part of an application from the mobile device to powerful machines for its efficient execution is known as ………………
2. Short answer questions (Answers should preferably be of 2-3 lines):
a. Define a multicore system. Is Intel i7 a multicore system? Explain briefly.
b. What is GPU? Why do we need GPU in our computer system?
c. Define 3D NoC architecture. What technology is typically used for connecting one layer
with another in case of 3D NoC architecture?
d. What is NLP? Mention one of the critical challenges of NLP.
e. What is utility computing? Write one of the primary reasons for its popularity in recent times.
f. What is mobile cloud computing? How does this technology become handy for the mobile
phones to run several applications?
g. Write one of the major challenges of MCC while running critical user applications.
3. Long answer questions (Answers should preferably be of 5-6 lines):
a. Is multicore system a good choice? Explain with its merits, demerits and challenges.
b. What is near memory computation? How is it different from traditional computation? Why are scientists doing research on memory computation?
c. What is machine learning? Explain its importance in today’s era.
d. What is an artificial neural network? Differentiate between deep learning and reinforcement
learning.
e. Write a short note on cloud computing.
f. What do you understand by the term IoT? How can IoT impact human lives in the near future?
g. Explain MEC framework with a diagram. How is it different from MCC?