Final final!
Rather better than the last two.
Q2: VLSI Design - 18/20
Dual rail logic, hardware design, hardware interpretation. Didn't get to use my crayons, but still basically answered the entire question perfectly.
Q5: Advanced Systems Topics - 14/20
NAS, SAN, NFS, DSVM, making-shit-up. Probably lost a few marks at the end as I have no clue how EROS works, but I know how MMUs work and guessed. Basically filler.
Q7: Advanced Graphics - 14/20
Incredible risk here - a three-line/twenty-mark essay question from Neil "No Marks For You!" Dodgson - but I know radiosity inside-out. I handwaved a little on Gauss-Siedel, and forgot to mention PageRank (Google's site quality criterion is essentially radiosity) but wrote two densely-packed sides of text hitting all the main points.
Q12: Numerical Analysis II - 17/20
Finally, something I'd revised properly. Granted, "order of a method" and "multistep" might have cost me a couple of marks, but I hit everything else. With a rake.
Q15: Specification and Verification II - 14/20
JK flip-flops (they wear big floppy hats, right?), some logic, some hardware design, a fair bit of handwaving. Might not have been what was asked for, but it was certainly enough to design and prove what was asked...
Total: 77%
Which means, of course, 218/300 = 73% (according to my estimates) from the exams and the project will drag that up a bit. That's as good as last year, and the year before, both in percentages and the 2x1st/2x2i split, so I'm feeling justified in assuming a low First. Considering the amount of work over the year (v.little), and the amount of tequila last night (non-zero), I'm happy with that.
Also, I got funding today, so I've an M.Phil to go to. Even if I only get a 2i. Shiny!
Q2: VLSI Design - 18/20
Dual rail logic, hardware design, hardware interpretation. Didn't get to use my crayons, but still basically answered the entire question perfectly.
Q5: Advanced Systems Topics - 14/20
NAS, SAN, NFS, DSVM, making-shit-up. Probably lost a few marks at the end as I have no clue how EROS works, but I know how MMUs work and guessed. Basically filler.
Q7: Advanced Graphics - 14/20
Incredible risk here - a three-line/twenty-mark essay question from Neil "No Marks For You!" Dodgson - but I know radiosity inside-out. I handwaved a little on Gauss-Siedel, and forgot to mention PageRank (Google's site quality criterion is essentially radiosity) but wrote two densely-packed sides of text hitting all the main points.
Q12: Numerical Analysis II - 17/20
Finally, something I'd revised properly. Granted, "order of a method" and "multistep" might have cost me a couple of marks, but I hit everything else. With a rake.
Q15: Specification and Verification II - 14/20
JK flip-flops (they wear big floppy hats, right?), some logic, some hardware design, a fair bit of handwaving. Might not have been what was asked for, but it was certainly enough to design and prove what was asked...
Total: 77%
Which means, of course, 218/300 = 73% (according to my estimates) from the exams and the project will drag that up a bit. That's as good as last year, and the year before, both in percentages and the 2x1st/2x2i split, so I'm feeling justified in assuming a low First. Considering the amount of work over the year (v.little), and the amount of tequila last night (non-zero), I'm happy with that.
Also, I got funding today, so I've an M.Phil to go to. Even if I only get a 2i. Shiny!