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Multi Core Architecture and Programming Mtcs 201 2017

The document is an examination paper for M. Tech in Multi Core Architecture & Programming, covering various topics such as Amdahl’s law, thread synchronization, and OpenMP routines. It consists of three sections with questions requiring explanations, comparisons, and examples related to parallel computing and threading concepts. The exam is designed to assess students' understanding of multi-core architectures and their programming implications.

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Multi Core Architecture and Programming Mtcs 201 2017

The document is an examination paper for M. Tech in Multi Core Architecture & Programming, covering various topics such as Amdahl’s law, thread synchronization, and OpenMP routines. It consists of three sections with questions requiring explanations, comparisons, and examples related to parallel computing and threading concepts. The exam is designed to assess students' understanding of multi-core architectures and their programming implications.

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Printed Pages : 1 Roll No. MTCS-201

M. TECH.
THEORY EXAMINATION (SEM–II) 2016-17
MULTI CORE ARCHITECTURE & PROGRAMMING
Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 70
Note : Be precise in your answer. In case of numerical problem assume data wherever not provided.

SECTION- A
1 Attempt all parts of this Section 7×2=14
(a) Explain Amdahl’s law.
(b) What do you mean by Error diffusion?
(c) Explain the thread synchronization issues.
(d) Explain the Data copy-in and copy-out mechanism with example.
(e) Explain how you will avoid pipeline stalls in IA-32.
(f) What do you mean by loop scheduling and partitioning?
(g) What is data-level parallelism?
SECTION- B
2 Attempt any three parts of the following 3×7=21
(a) What do you mean by multiprocessor? Explain how parallel computing can be achieved in
multiprocessor.
(b) Differentiate the terms task and data decomposition with a suitable example.
(c) What is deadlock? Also explain Flow Control-based concept.
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(d) Explain the following OpenMP runtime library routines


(i) subroutine omp_set_num_threads(num_threads)
(ii) integer function omp_get_num_procs()
(iii) logicl function omp_get_dynamic()
(iv) logical function omp_get_nested()
(v) subroutine omp_unset_lock(lock) integer (kind=omp_lock_kind)::lock
(vi) double-precision function omp_get_wtick()
(vii) double-precision function omp_get_wtime()
(e) What is the difference between false sharing and cache line ping-ponging?

SECTION- C
3. Attempt all questions in this section. 5×7=35
(a) Explain the difference between the Multi-core Architectures from hyper- threading technology with a
suitable example.
OR
What is thread? Explain thread lifecycle inside the OS. Also explain how thread works in case of
hardware.
(b) What do you mean by decomposition? What are the implications of different types of decompositions?
OR
Explain how thread level decomposition will help the programmer in achieving parallelism with a
suitable example.
(c) Explain how threading API for Microsoft .NET framework will work. Give suitable example for creating
thread and also discuss about how an thread priority set.
OR
What do you understand by the term parallel programming? Also discuss about why we need parallel
programming in our architecture.
(d) What is data race condition? Also explain how you can manage the shared and private data.
OR
What are the challenges in threading a loop? Explain each with an example
(e) What do you mean by heavily contended locks? Using a Heavily contended locks are beneficial or not in
a multicore programming if yes then justify your answer if not then suggest the solution for heavily
contended locks problem.
OR
Explain ABA problem in multicore programming with suitable example. Also give solution to ABA
problem.

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