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Department of Computer
Science and Engineering
Sub. Name: Computer Architecture Sub.Code: CS6303
Max.Marks: 100
Time: 180 min
Department: Computer Science and
Engineering Sem/Year:
III/II Date:
Model Exam I
Answer
All Questions.
PART- A (10 X 2 = 20)
1.
What
are the 8 recent ideas in computer architecture?(CO1)
2.
Distinguish
pipelining from parallelism.(CO1)
3.
How
overflow occur in subtraction?(CO2)
4.
What
you meant by sub word parallelism?(CO2)
5.
What
are R type Instruction?(CO3)
6.
What
is branch prediction buffer?(CO3)
7.
Differentiate
between strong scaling and weak scaling.(CO4)
8.
Compare
UMA and NUMA multiprocessor.(CO4)
9.
What
is the need to implement memory as hierarchy?(CO5)
10. Point out how DMA can improve i/o
speed.(CO5)
11. Discuss about the various techniques to represent instruction in the
computer system(CO1) (13)
Or
What
is the need for addressing in a computer system(CO1)? Explain different address
modes with suitable examples.(CO1) (13)
12. Explain the sequential version of
multiplication algorithm and its hardware.(CO2) (13)
Or
Explain
how floating point addition is carried out in a computer system. Give an example
for binary point addition.(CO2)(13)
13. Explain different types of
pipeline hazards with suitable example.(CO3) (13)
Or
Explain
in details how the exception are handled in MIPS architecture.(CO3) (13)
14. Discuss about SISD, MIMD , SIMD,
SPMD and VECTOR system. (CO4) (13)
Or
What
is hardware multithreading? Compare and contrast Fine grained multithreading
and Coarse grained multithreading. (CO4) (13)
15. Elaborate on the various memory
technologies and it relevance. (CO5) (13)
Or
What
is virtual memory(CO1)? Explain the step
involved in virtual memory address translation. (CO5) (13)
Part
C
16.Explain
about the various processors and its comparison regarding performance (15)