Alagappa University Distance Education Model Question Paper : MSc Computer Science

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DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.Sc. (CS) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2010.
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
(2007 onwards)

Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

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SECTION A — (10 ? 3 = 30 marks)
Answer ALL questions.

1.What is principle of locality? What are its type?
2.Discuss about type and size of operands.
3.What is instruction level parallelism?
4.Discuss about data hazards.
5.Write short notes on basic pipeline scheduling.
6.Write short notes on software based speculation.
7.How to reduce the hit time?
8.Explain flash memory.
9.Discuss about thread level parallelism.
10.Explain about snooping protocols.

SECTION B — (4 ? 10 = 40 marks)

Answer any FOUR questions.

11.Explain about Amdah's Law.
12.Discuss about Hardware based speculation.
13.Explain 1A-64 architecture and its functionalities in detail.
14.Explain about first miss penalty technique. Multilevel caches in detail.
15.Write in detail about synchronization technique.
16.Explain MIPS architecture in detail.

SECTION C — (2 × 15 = 30 marks)
Answer any TWO questions.

17.Explain in detail about RAID levels with neat diagram.
18.What is instruction level parallelism? Explain in detail about the concepts of pipelining and limitation of ILP.
19.Explain in detail about memory addressing and addressing modes.

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