Hardware related C Questions
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1 What are the total number of lines written in C/C++? What is the most complicated/valuable program written in C/C++? 2. What compiler was used? 3. Have you studied buses? What...
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What are the total number of lines written in C/C++? What is the most complicated/valuable program written in C/C++?
2. What compiler was used?
3. Have you studied buses? What types?
4. Have you studied pipelining? List the 5 stages of a 5 stage pipeline. Assuming 1 clock per stage, what is the latency of an instruction in a 5 stage machine? What is the throughput of this machine ?
5. How many bit combinations are there in a byte?
6. What is the difference between = and == in C?
7. Are you familiar with VHDL and/or Verilog?
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