Quiz: Which Processor Do I Need?

Quiz: Which Processor Do I Need?

Written By
David F. Carr
David F. Carr
Sep 10, 2003
1 minute read
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1. We can easily compile and optimize the application we want to deploy for 64-bit processing.
TRUEFALSE
1.2.
2. Others have used this or a similar application successfully on 64-bit platforms.
TRUEFALSE
1.2.
3. Floating-point calculations comprise a large part of what the application does.
TRUEFALSE
1.2.
4. The application sometimes needs to hold more than 4 GB of memory on the processor at a given time.
TRUEFALSE
1.2.
5. Our technology staff has experience working with 64-bit platforms.
TRUEFALSE
1.2.
6. The number of users or transactions for this application could increase rapidly to reach volumes that we cant predict.
TRUEFALSE
1.2.
7. The application incorporates a security gateway that must process complex encryption algorithms instantaneously.
TRUEFALSE
1.2.
8. Multithreading isnt fast enough; we need a platform that can run queries in parallel.
TRUEFALSE
1.2.
9. Its quite likely that we will soon need a server with more than eight processors.
TRUEFALSE
1.2.
10. Our applications are highly specialized or technical.
TRUEFALSE
1.2.

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