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--- foundational_concepts [2007/09/07 01:58] – roumani
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   * Performance terms
   * Performance drivers
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   * Latency versus Throughput and Speedup
-  * Moore's Law
   * Size, Heat, and Speed
-  * Buffering and Caching
+  * Buffering, Caching, and Pipelining
+  * Moore's Law
 ===== Slides from Lecture =====
+[[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~roumani/course/2021/bigPicture.pdf|The Big Picture]]
 [[http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~roumani/course/2021/theInterface.pdf|The Software-Hardware Interface]]
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-===== Assigned Readings =====
-  * Chapter 1 of our textbook
-  * The Drep Homework in the Calendar
+===== To Do =====
+  * Read Chapter 1 of our textbook
+  * Do the Drep Homework in the Calendar. Use the //Discussion Group// if you have questions or encounter problems.
   * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_architecture|The von Neumann Architecture]]. //Optional//
   * [[http://www.ubiq.com/hypertext/weiser/SciAmDraft3.html|Ubiquitous Computing]]. //Optional//