This document is a past exam paper for the course CS-12 Computer Architecture from December 2007. It contains 5 questions, with question 1 being compulsory and answering any 3 of the remaining 4 questions. Question 1 has three parts asking about distributed arbitration, comparing cache memory organizations, and defining several computer architecture terms. The other questions cover topics like dependence graphs, parallelizing compilers, distributed memory multiprocessors, memory interleaving, cache coherence protocols, and various computer architectures like VLIW, SIMD, and UMA multiprocessors.
This document is a past exam paper for the course CS-12 Computer Architecture from December 2007. It contains 5 questions, with question 1 being compulsory and answering any 3 of the remaining 4 questions. Question 1 has three parts asking about distributed arbitration, comparing cache memory organizations, and defining several computer architecture terms. The other questions cover topics like dependence graphs, parallelizing compilers, distributed memory multiprocessors, memory interleaving, cache coherence protocols, and various computer architectures like VLIW, SIMD, and UMA multiprocessors.
This document is a past exam paper for the course CS-12 Computer Architecture from December 2007. It contains 5 questions, with question 1 being compulsory and answering any 3 of the remaining 4 questions. Question 1 has three parts asking about distributed arbitration, comparing cache memory organizations, and defining several computer architecture terms. The other questions cover topics like dependence graphs, parallelizing compilers, distributed memory multiprocessors, memory interleaving, cache coherence protocols, and various computer architectures like VLIW, SIMD, and UMA multiprocessors.
This document is a past exam paper for the course CS-12 Computer Architecture from December 2007. It contains 5 questions, with question 1 being compulsory and answering any 3 of the remaining 4 questions. Question 1 has three parts asking about distributed arbitration, comparing cache memory organizations, and defining several computer architecture terms. The other questions cover topics like dependence graphs, parallelizing compilers, distributed memory multiprocessors, memory interleaving, cache coherence protocols, and various computer architectures like VLIW, SIMD, and UMA multiprocessors.
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ADCA / MCA (III Year)
Term-End Examination December, 2OO7
CS-12 : GOMPUTERARGHTTEGTURE
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 75
Nofe t Qu estion number 1 is compulsory. Answer any
three questionsfrom the rest.
l - (a) With the help ofsuitable diagram explain the
concept of distributed arbitration. Compare its features with various other arbitration schemes. 10
(b) Comp are the relative merits of the following 4 cache
memory organisations : 10 (i) Direct rnapping cache
(ii) Fully associative cache
(iii) Set associative cache
(iv) Sector mapping cache
C S - 12 P.T.O. (c) Define the following terms : 10
