EC6009 Advanced Computer Architecture

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Sub. Name: Advance Computer Architecture                                                     Sub.Code: EC6009

Max.Marks: 100                                                                                                Time: 180 min

Department: Electronics Communication and Engineering                          Sem/Year: VII/IV       Date:

Model

PART- A    (10 X 2 = 20)

1.      What are the five trends in computer Technology?(CO1)

2.      How to find cost of an Integrated Circuit? (CO1)

3.      Explain the idea behind dynamic scheduling ? (CO2)

4.      Give an example for data dependences. (CO2)

5.      Differentiate GPC and CPU. (CO3)

6.      What are the primary components of instruction set architecture of VMIPS? (CO3)

7.      List the methods for providing synchronization in threads. (CO4)

8.      Define sequential consistency. (CO4)

9.      List the six basic optimizations techniques of cache.(CO5)

10.  What are the types of storage devices?(CO5)

PART- B           (5 X 16 = 80)

11.a) Write short notes on energy and power consumption in a microprocessor (16) (CO1)

Or

b)Discuss  the Performance Evaluation methods of different computers(16) (CO1)

12. a) Explain the types of dependencies in ILP and compiler techniques that can be used to expose ILP  (CO2)

Or

b) Explain  how  dynamic  scheduling  helps  in  overcoming  data  hazards  caused  by instruction level parallelism.(16)  (CO2)

13.a) Discuss similarities and difference between Vector Architecture and GPUs (16) (CO3)

Or

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

14. a)Explain the model of Memory Consistency in detail.(16) (CO4)

Or

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

15. a) Explain the categories of misses and how will you reduce cache miss rate(16) (CO5)

Or

b) Briefly describe standard RAID levels in detail.(16)  (