Aca 2021
Aca 2021
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BT-6/M-21 46167
ADVANCED COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
Paper : PE-CS-S302A
UNIT–I
1. (a) What is a Computational Model? Describe the von
Neumann Computational Model.
(b) What are the different classes of parallel computer
architecture?
UNIT–II
3. HIghlight the emergence of Superscalar Processors.
What are the specific tasks of superscalar processing?
Give a brief overview of each.
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4. Explain the concept of Branch Handling along with its
effect. Also describe in brief the various branch handling
techniques.
UNIT–III
5. What is the difference between Uniform Memory Access
(UMA) and Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA)
multiprocessors? How do COMA and CC-NUMA machines
reduce the problems of NUMA? What are the differences
between COMA and CC-NUMA?
UNIT–IV
7. Why are computer's memory systems typically built as
hierarchies? Give an overview of memory hierarchy design
and its characteristics in the context of computer architecture.
Explain inclusion, coherence and locality of reference
properties of memory hierarchy.
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