EC6009 Advanced Computer Architecture

Department of Electronics Communication and Engineering

Program & branch	BE ECE	Model Exam
Semester	VII Sem	Date :
Max marks	100	Time : 3hrs
Sub Code/Name	EC6009 Advance Computer Architecture

PART- A    (10 X 2 = 20)

1.      Explain  recurrence(CO1).

2.      Explain response time(CO1).

3.      Draw the diagram of VLIW Architecture(CO2).

4.      Explain about Latent Error(CO2).

5.      Explain about super block(CO3).

6.      Define Score Boarding(CO3). 

7.      Define Anti Dependence with examples(CO4).

8.      Define measure of dependability(CO4).

9.      What is the formula for power dynamics? (CO5)

10.  What is bandwidth and latency? (CO5)

PART- B           (5 X 16 = 80)

11.a) Explain in details about the trends in technology like cost, power and Energy(CO1)(16)

Or

b)Explain in details about the Performance Evaluation(CO1)( (16)

12. a) Give a brief explanation about Itanium processor and IA64 processor. (CO2)( (16)

Or

b)Write   a   detailed   note   on   Hardware-based   speculation   in   instruction   level parallelism. (CO2)( (16)

13.a)Explain in details about the Flynn’s Classification. (CO3) (16)

Or

b)Explain in detail the concept involved in Loop Level Parallelism(CO3). (16)

14. a) Explain in details about the IBM Processor. (CO4) (16)

Or

b)With  neat  block  diagram  explain  the  centralized shared  memory  multiprocessor architecture. (CO4) (16)

15. a)Briefly describe Memory Technologies and storage devices. (CO5) (16)

Or

b)Write short notes on Compiler Optimizations to reduce the miss rate and miss penalty(CO5) (16)