What causes them to catch your attention in advertisements?

This chapter lists many ways in which becoming computer literate is beneficial. think about what your life will be like once you’re started in your career. what areas of computing will be most important for you to understand? how would an understanding of computer hardware and software you in working from home, working with groups in other countries and contributing your talents.

The processing of data in a computer involves the interplay between its various hardware components.

Suppose a cpu with a write-through, write-allocate cache achieves a cpi of 2. what are the read and write bandwidths (measured by bytes per cycle) between ram and the cache? (assume each miss generates a request for one block.)