Notes:
1. Doing homework will help you also in other parts of the course that are graded.
2. You are encouraged to work in groups to discuss the homework but be sure to write your own solutions and note down, on the cover page, who you worked with.
3. The percentage weight of each problem is shown within parentheses.
All the problems for this homework come
from the end of Chapter 1 in the textbook and carry equal weights.
Problem 1. (I/O) [25%] Problem 1.2
Problem 2. (Processor Performance) [25%] Problem 1.4
Problem 3. (Power Consumption) [25%] Problem 1.7
Problem 4. (Parallel Processing) [25%] Problem 1.10