On 2018/11/10 20:49:21 +0800, Junchang Wang wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Junchang Wang <junchangwang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Hi Paul,
>
> This is the only patch for Chapter CPU. Please take a look.
>
>
> Thanks,
> --Junchang
>
> --
> cpu/overheads.tex | 4 ++--
> cpu/overview.tex | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/cpu/overheads.tex b/cpu/overheads.tex
> index 2474cfe..17b120b 100644
> --- a/cpu/overheads.tex
> +++ b/cpu/overheads.tex
> @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ displayed in
> Table~\ref{tab:cpu:Performance of Synchronization Mechanisms on 4-CPU 1.8GHz AMD Opteron 844 System}.
> This system's clock period rounds to 0.6\,ns.
> Although it is not unusual for modern microprocessors to be able to
> -retire multiple instructions per clock period, the operations's costs are
> +retire multiple instructions per clock period, the operations' costs are
> nevertheless normalized to a clock period in the third column, labeled
> ``Ratio''.
> The first thing to note about this table is the large values of many of
> @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ It is clear that the combination of speculative execution and cloud
> computing needs more than a bit of rework!
>
> A fifth hardware optimization is large caches, allowing individual
> -CPUs to operate on larger datasets without incuring expensive cache
> +CPUs to operate on larger datasets without incurring expensive cache
> misses.
Nice catches!
> Although large caches can degrade energy efficiency and cache-miss
> latency, the ever-growing cache sizes on production microprocessors
> diff --git a/cpu/overview.tex b/cpu/overview.tex
> index 071cf7c..9e91a7b 100644
> --- a/cpu/overview.tex
> +++ b/cpu/overview.tex
> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ where the race always goes to the swiftest.
> \ContributedBy{Figure}{fig:cpu:CPU Performance at its Best}{Melissa Broussard}
> \end{figure}
>
> -Although there are a few CPU-bound benchmarks that approach the ideal
> +Although there are a few CPU-bound benchmarks that approach the ideal case
> shown in Figure~\ref{fig:cpu:CPU Performance at its Best},
"ideal" can be used as a noun. I don't think this hunk is necessary.
Thanks, Akira
> the typical program more closely resembles an obstacle course than
> a race track.
>
