Solve any one question from Q1 and Q2
1 (a)
Explain the following pins of 8086:
i) BHE
ii) ALE
iii) MN/MX.
i) BHE
ii) ALE
iii) MN/MX.
6 M
1 (b)
Explain flag register of 80386.
4 M
1 (c)
What is the difference between GDT and LDT?
3 M
2 (a)
What are the functions of the following pins:
i) NMI
ii) ERROR#
iii) BE0-BE3.
i) NMI
ii) ERROR#
iii) BE0-BE3.
6 M
2 (b)
Explain memory organization of 8086.
4 M
2 (c)
How is logical address converted to physical address
In 8086?
3 M
Solve any one question from Q3 and Q4
3 (a)
What are characteristics of address pipelining in 80386?
4 M
3 (b)
Explain timing diagram for pipelined write cycle.
5 M
3 (c)
Explain macro in assembly language programming with syntax and example.
3 M
4 (a)
Explain the following instructions of 80386:
(i) SLDT
(ii) LEA
(iii) OUT
(iv) CMP
(v) XCHG.
(i) SLDT
(ii) LEA
(iii) OUT
(iv) CMP
(v) XCHG.
5 M
4 (b)
Explain timing diagram for read cycle in non-pipelined
Mode
4 M
4 (c)
Enlist and explain any three addressing modes of 80386.
3 M
Solve any one question from Q5 and Q6
5 (a)
What are the three common configurations that support
multiprocessing ? Explain.
6 M
5 (b)
What is single instruction multiple data model for parallel processing?
4 M
5 (c)
Define CMP.
3 M
6 (a)
What are the advantages of multicore designing?
3 M
6 (b)
What are the advantages of cache memory?
4 M
6 (c)
What are the different architectures of multicore ? Explain.
6 M
Solve any one question from Q7 and Q8
7 (a)
Explain hyperthreading with advantages and disadvantages.
5 M
7 (b)
Give the features of SSE.
4 M
7 (c)
Enlist data types of 64-bit architecture.
3 M
8 (a)
Explain virtualization technology.
5 M
8 (b)
What are the operating modes of Intel 64-bit architecture?
4 M
8 (c)
What are the differences between IA-32 bit Basic Execution Environment and IA-64 bit Basic Execution Environment ?
3 M
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