1. Year by year the cost of computer systems continues to rise. True/False
2. Processors are so inexpensive that we now have microprocessors we throw away. True/ False
3. Workstation systems cannot support highly sophisticated engineering and scientific applications. True/ False
4. The IAS is the prototype of all subsequent general-purpose computers. True/ False
5. Cloud service providers use massive high-performance banks of servers to satisfy high-volume, high-transaction-rate applications for a broad spectrum of clients. True/ False
6. The raw speed of the microprocessor will not achieve its potential unless it is fed a constant stream of work to do in the form of computer instructions. True/ False
7. Superscalar execution is the same principle as seen in an assembly line. (skip for now). True/ False
8. Branch prediction potentially increases the amount of work available for the processor to execute. (skip for now). True/ False
9. Raw speed is far more important than how a processor perform. True/ False