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Computer Architecture Suggestions

The document outlines a series of topics and questions related to Computer Architecture, divided into four modules covering pipelined systems, memory hierarchy, vector processors, and classification of computer architectures. Key concepts include pipeline hazards, memory management, cache coherence, and differences between various processor architectures. Additionally, it includes short notes and definitions to aid in understanding the subject matter.

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Computer Architecture Suggestions

The document outlines a series of topics and questions related to Computer Architecture, divided into four modules covering pipelined systems, memory hierarchy, vector processors, and classification of computer architectures. Key concepts include pipeline hazards, memory management, cache coherence, and differences between various processor architectures. Additionally, it includes short notes and definitions to aid in understanding the subject matter.

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Suggestions for Even Semester

Computer Architecture

Module:1
1.What are the different factors that can affect the
pipelined systems? Difference between RAW (Read after
Write) and WAR (Write After Read).
2.Define Speed Up .Deduce that the maximum speed up in a
K-stage pipeline processor is K.
[ Ans: S= nk/(K+n-1) ]
3.What are the different Pipeline Hazards? [Data hazards,
Structural hazards, Control hazards]
4.What are the Instruction Pipeline and Arithmetic Pipeline.
5.Difference between Superscalar processor and VLIW
processor.
6.Short Notes : 5
(a)Pipeline hazards
(b)Amdahl’s law
(c) Difference between Data flow computer and Control
flow Computer.
(d) Pipeline Stall
(e) Pipeline bubble
(f) DMA Working Principle
7.What is Pipeline throughput and Performance of Pipeline?
8.What is Instruction cycle ? Difference Between hardwired
and Microprogrammed control unit?
9.Difference between Computer Architecture and Computer
Organization.
10.Explain Pipeline Architecture.
11.Diffefrence Between 3-address , 2 address ,1 address and
0-address Instructions.

Module-2

1.What is Memory Hierarchy ?


2. What is Inclusion, Cache Coherence and Locality of
reference Property ?
3.How we Reducing Cache Misses?( points:-Increase block
size, Sub-block placement to Reduce miss penalty, Early
Restart and Critical Word First)
4.What is cache Memory ,Virtual Memory, Main Memory
and associative memory ?(both advantage and
disadvantages)
5. What is the Direct Mapping function of Cache Memory?
It’s limitation and how it can be improve?
6.Implementation of Virtual Memory( paging and
segmentation)
7.Difference between Physical Address and Logical Address?
8.What is cache Coherence problem? Describe one
technique to remove this problem.
9.What is MMU(Memory Management Unit) ? Difference
between Associative mapping and Direct Mapping ?
10.Short note on memory replacement policies .

Module-3

1.What is vector processor? Explain Different types of


Vector Instructions. [ Ans:- vector-vector, vector-scaler,
vector-memory]
2.What is Pipeline chaining ? Explain VLIW architecture .
3.Difference between Superscalar, Super-pipelined and
Superscalar-super-pipelined Architecture .
4.Difference between vector processor and Array processor.
5. Describe Instruction-level parallelism

Module-4
1.What is Fynn’s classification? [ Ans:- SISD , SIMD , MISD ,
MIMD ]
2.Explain different types of SIMD Models.[ Ans:- Distributed
Memory Model and Shared Memory Model ]
3.Explain Shared Memory Models.
4.What are the differences and similarities between Multi
Computer and Multi processor ?
5.Differece between RISC and CISC architecture .
6.What is Non von Neumann Architecture ? describe it’s
characterises.
7.What is Cluster Computer?1
8.What is centralized shared Memory Architecture ?
9. What is Systolic architectures and Memory
Synchronization?

Just read protocol : - MESI protocol , Snoopy bus protocol.

[ For Math: pipeline, vector processor, mapping, page fault ]

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