USN 16/17ELD154

First Semester [Link]. Degree Examination, June/July 2019

Advanced Computer Architecture

Time: 3 hrs. Max. Marks: 80

Note: Answer any FIVE full questions, choosing ONE full question from each module.
2. Any revealing of identification, appeal to evaluator and /or equations written eg, 42+8 = 50, will be treated as malpractice.

Module-1
1 a. Explain mismatch between software and hardware parallelism with an example. (08 Marks)
b. Explain data dependence. (08 Marks)

OR
Important Note : 1. On completing your answers, compulsorily draw diagonal cross lines on the remaining blank pages.

2 a. Explain the architecture of vector super computer. (10 Marks)

b. Explain SIMD machine model. (06 Marks)

Module-2
3 a. Compare control flow versus data flow architecture. (08 Marks)
b. Explain MIT-tagged token computer. (08 Marks)

OR
4 a. Derive a relation for fixed load speedup. (08 Marks)
b. Discuss scalability metrics. (08 Marks)

Module-3
5 a. Explain VLIW architecture. (08 Marks)
b. Explain IBM RISC system/6000. (08 Marks)

OR
6 a. Explain reservation and latency analysis. (08 Marks)
b. Explain internal data forwarding mechanism. (08 Marks)

Module-4
7 a. Explain CDC scoreboarding mechanism. (08 Marks)
b. Explain the effects of branching and derive a relation to find degradation factor. (08 Marks)

OR
8 a. Distinguish CSA and CPA with an example. (08 Marks)
b. Explain convergence division. (08 Marks)

Module-5
9 a. Explain multithreading issues and solutions. (08 Marks)
b. Describe contex-switching policies. (08 Marks)

OR
10 a. Explain OMP architecture. (08 Marks)
b. Explain distributed shared memory architecture. (08 Marks)

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