Attempt any 4 sub questions.
1(a)
Explain various pipeline hazards.
5 M
1(b)
Express (35.25)10 in the IEEE single precision standard of floating point representation.
5 M
1(c)
Explain in brief the function of 8089 I/O processor.
5 M
1(d)
Compare RISC and CISC processors.
5 M
1(e)
Differentiate between Computer Architecture and Computer organization.
5 M
2(a)
Explain Flynn's classification in detail.
10 M
2(b)
Explain the Interleaved memory.
10 M
3(a)
Calculate number of page faults and page hits for the page replacement policies FIFO. Optimal & LRU for given reference string 7, 0, 1, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4, 2, 3, 0, 3, 2, 1, 2, 0, 1, 7, 0, 1 (assuming three frame size).
10 M
3(b)
What is the need of DMA? Explain its various techniques of data transfer.
10 M
4(a)
What is Bus arbitration? Explain its techniques.
10 M
4(b)
Describe the register organization within the CPU.
10 M
5(a)
What are the features of cache memory design?
10 M
5(b)
Multiply (-10) and (-4) using Booth's algorithm.
10 M
Write notes on
6(a)
Joysticks
6 M
6(b)
The characteristics of memory
8 M
6(c)
Microinstructions to execute an instruction MOV [R1], R2.
6 M
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