Senior Verification Engineer Interview Questions
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Describe a function to check if an integer is a power of 2.
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Write the number in binary and count the number of ones in that.If the number os ones is only 1 then it the number is indeed a power of 2 Less
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For an integer n: If n is less than 1, return false. If the bitwise & of n and n-1 is 0, return true. Otherwise, return false. Less
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I think the main idea is to use recursion function, for the integer which is larger than 0, if it is 1 return true, else return function(n-1) Less
Calculate fifo depth for following data rate Writing Data = 80 DATA/100 Clock (Randomization of 20 Data’s) Outgoing Data= 8 DATA/10 Clock. Burst size = 160
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In this case : 20 Data + 80 Valid Data + 80 Valid Data + 20 Data For best case , we have 160 Data writes in 160 clock cycles . For worst read case : In 10 clocks 8 data will be read In 160 clocks (8*160)/10 i.e. 128 data reads So depth of fifo = 160 -128 =32 Less
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In this case , we can have several combinations like : 20 Data + 80 Valid Data + 80 Valid Data + 20 Data For best case of write 160 data will be written in 160 cycles . For worst case of read : 8 data will be read in 10 clock cycles And in 160 clock cycle ,it will read (8*160/10) i.e. 128 Fifo depth is 160-128 =32 Less
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Answer 32 Best case write = 160 data in 160 cycles Worst case read = ( 160 * 8/10) = 128 data in 160 cycles Depth = 160 - 128 = 32 Less
Describe a circuit that implements the following truth table using only NAND gates. A B OUT 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1
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out = (A NAND (B NAND B))
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OUT = (A NAND (B NAND 1)) or out = (A NAND (B NAND B)) like what anonymous said. Less
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out = ((A NAND A) NAND (A NAND A)) NAND (B NAND B)
Implement a 10:1 mux using 3 4:1 muxes
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google it ( EE course assignment)
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4 inputs to mux#1, another 4 inputs to mux#2, 2 other inputs plus o/ps of mux#1 and mux#2 are inputs to mux#3 Less
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(Unexpected) What the types of caches?
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two types: fully associative cache and N-way associative cache
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1. Fully Associative. 2. Direct Mapped. 3. Set Associative
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L1, L2 and L3 caches
There are 5 bowls with 100 candies each. In 4 bowls, all of the candies are 10 grams each. In 1 bowl, all the candies are 9 grams each. Using a digital scale, how can you determine which bowl has the 9 gram candies by using only 1 weighing?
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Take 1 candy from bowl 1, 2 candies from bowl 2, 3 candies from bowl 3, and 4 candies from bowl; and weight them on the digital scale. If the total weight is 100 grams, the 9 gram candies are in bowl 5. If the total weight is 99 grams, the 9 gram candies are in bowl 1. If the total weight is 98 grams, the 9 gram candies are in bowl 2. If the total weight is 97 grams, the 9 gram candies are in bowl 3. If the total weight is 96 grams, the 9 gram candies are in bowl 4. Less
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if weighing machine can weigh the bowls: Put 2 bowls on each side, if they weigh equal then last bowl has candies with 9 grams. If the bowl weigh different then weigh the 2 bowls with lower weight and find the lowest weight bowl. Less
