Ec 2303iec 53 - Computer Architecture Organization: B.E.Fb - Tech. Degree Examination, Novemberjdecember 2012
Ec 2303iec 53 - Computer Architecture Organization: B.E.Fb - Tech. Degree Examination, Novemberjdecember 2012
Ec 2303iec 53 - Computer Architecture Organization: B.E.Fb - Tech. Degree Examination, Novemberjdecember 2012
Fifth Semester Electronics and Corumumcation Engineering EC 2303IEC 53 - COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION (Common to Sixth Semester Biomedical Engineering) (Regulation 2008) (Common to PTEC 2303 - Computer Architecture and Organization for RE. (part-Time) Fourth Semester, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Regulation 2009) Time: Three hours Answer ALL questions. PART A - (10
x
20 marks)
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What do you mean by von Neumann bottleneck? Specify the CPU performance equation. What are the two approaches to reduce the delay in adders? What are the two techniques to speed up the multiplication operation? What is the drawback of assigning one bit position to each control signal? What is called static branch prediction and dynamic branch prediction? Wha j are asynchronous DRAMs? What is temporal locality? What is trace? What is a bus master?
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PART B
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80 marks)
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11.
(a)
Write in detail about various addressing modes. Explain the Booth's algorithm for multiplication of signed
(16) two's
compJement numbers using an example. Or (b) 13. (a) Explain the floating point addition and subtraction. (16)
Discuss the various hazards that might arise in a pipeline. What are the remedies commonly adopted to overcome/minimize these hazards? (8 + 8) Or
(b)
(i) (ii)
Describe the characteristics of super scalar processing. With a suitable diagram describe the basic structure of micro programmed control unit.
14.
(a)
(i) (ii)
Describe briefly about virtual memory . Write a note on Random access memories. Or
(8) (8)
(b)
Give the basic cell of an associative memory and explain its operation. Show how associative memorIes can be constructed using this basic cell with match logic. (16) (16)
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(b)
(i) (ii)
Explain different type's bus arbitration scheme. Describe vectored interrupt scheme with neat block diagram. (8 + 8)