Computer Organization - Dec 2016

Computer Engg (Semester 4)

TOTAL MARKS: 100
TOTAL TIME: 3 HOURS (1) Question 1 is compulsory.
(2) Attempt any four from the remaining questions.
(3) Assume data wherever required.
(4) Figures to the right indicate full marks.

Solve any one question fromQ.1(a,b) and Q.2(a,b)

1(a) Using Booth's algorithm mutiply the following numbers:
Multiplicand 12, Multiplier -6(6 marks) 1(b) Differentiate RISC versus CISC.(6 marks) 2(a) Write short note on " IEEE Floating Point Representation."(6 marks) 2(b) Explain the following addressing mode wtih one example each:
i) Auto Increment
ii) Auto decrement
iii) Register addressing
iv) Direct addressing.(6 marks)

Solve any one question fromQ3(a,b) and Q.4(a,b)

3(a) Divide the following number using restoring divison algorithm:
Dividend: 1100, Divisor: 11.(6 marks) 3(b) Draw and explain single bus organization of the CPU.(6 marks) 4(a) Differentiate between combinational and sequential ALU.(6 marks) 4(b) What are the design methods of Harwired control unit? Explain any one.(6 marks)

Solve any one question fromQ5(a,b) and Q.6(a,b)

5(a) What are page replacement algorithms? Explain any one algorithm indetail.(7 marks) 5(b) What is DMA? Explain with block diagram in detail.(6 marks) 6(a) Compare merits and demerits of UMA and NUMA architecture.(6 marks) 6(b) What is Bus arbitration? Explain daisy chaining and polling methods of bus arbitration.(7 marks)

Solve any one question fromQ.7(a,b) and Q.8(a,b)

7(a) Draw explain architectural block diagram of IBM cell broadband Engine and list an application of it.(7 marks) 7(b) Write a note on IA-64 architecture.(6 marks) 8(a) Compare traditional superscalar architecture and IA-64 architecture.(7 marks) 8(b) Explain in detail NVIDIA GPU.(6 marks)