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CS252: Reading Assignment #1
Due Monday, September 8

The reading assignment for Monday 9/8 for CS 252 is to read the following papers (they are scanned in pdf format):
 
  1. David Patterson and David Ditzel, "The Case for the Reduced Instruction Set Computer," ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture  News 8 (15 Oct 1980)

    2.  
  2. Douglas Clark and William Strecker, "Comments on 'The Case for the Reduced instruction Set Computer' by Patterson and Ditzel" ACM SIGARCH Computer Architcture News 8 (15 Oct 1980)

    3.  
  3. Diefendorff, "Transistor Budgets Go Ballistic", Microprocessor Report , August 3, 1998
You must also:
Write one paragraph about the combination of papers 1, 2,  and 3. You should briefly summarize the arguments, then  describe your opinions on and reactions to the issues introduced in the papers.
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