CS 290N
Novel Computing Technologies
Problem Set 6

Discussion questions for Sensor Networks
Presented by Banit Agarwal

1) Why do authors believe that current microprocessor offerings are
very powerful for sensor network applications?


2) What are different ways to optimize energy efficiency for sensor
network processor's microarchitecture?


3) How authors have used the above ways in their microarchitecture to
optimize the energy efficiency (give at least one microarchitecture
hack for each ways)?


4) What is the resulting energy consumption per instruction and
frequency of their efficient processor?

Please e-mail the answers to the above questions to me (chong@cs.ucsb.edu)
BEFORE class.