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Application software often drives the choice of certain functional requirements by determining how the computer will be used. If a large body of software exists for a certain instruction set architecture, the architect may decide that a new computer 16 ■ Chapter One Fundamentals of Quantitative Design and Analysis Functional requirements Typical features required or supported Application area Target of computer Personal mobile device Real-time performance for a range of tasks, including interactive performance for graphics, video, and audio; energy efficiency (Ch.
In contrast, WSCs emphasize interactive applications, large-scale storage, dependability, and high Internet bandwidth. Embedded Computers Embedded computers are found in everyday machines; microwaves, washing machines, most printers, most networking switches, and all cars contain simple embedded microprocessors. The processors in a PMD are often considered embedded computers, but we are keeping them as a separate category because PMDs are platforms that can run externally developed software and they share many of the characteristics of desktop computers.
10 relative to the first milestone. Note that latency improved 6X to 80X while bandwidth improved about 300X to 25,000X. Updated from Patterson [2004]. improvement in bandwidth and latency for technology milestones for microprocessors, memory, networks, and disks. 10 describes the examples and milestones in more detail. Performance is the primary differentiator for microprocessors and networks, so they have seen the greatest gains: 10,000–25,000X in bandwidth and 30–80X in latency. Capacity is generally more important than performance for memory and disks, so capacity has improved most, yet bandwidth advances of 300– 1200X are still much greater than gains in latency of 6–8X.