
ATOM SoC–INTEL’S HIGH-END EMBEDDED PROCESSOR 18-21
2. Why has the Bonnell microarchitecture been designed to be an ‘in order’ pipeline?
3. What is the downside of adding hyperthreading to the Bonnell core?
4. List out a few applications where Atom has been used.
5. Why is Tunnel Creek called an SoC?
6. What are the graphics capabilities of Tunnel Creek? Explain in detail.
7. Why is LVDS a very good method of signal capture?
8. How does the WDT function? Why is it a mandatory peripheral in all embedded
devices?
9. Why is power reduction a key point in system design?
10. How is power managed dynamically?
11. What is ACPI and how is it used? ...