If the performance of computers increase by a factor of 10 every 5 years, how long does it
take for performance to double?
2 – Given a task that can be divided into m subtasks, each one requiring one unit of time, how
much time is needed for an m-stage pipeline to process n tasks?
3 – What are the 4 ways to program a parallel computer?
4 – What would limit the number of processors in a centralized multiprocessors?
5 – Do some research and name at least one commercial computer system for each of the
categories in Flynn’s taxonomy. This can be either a currently available computer or one that
had been available in the past.
