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Unit Test - I CS6303 - Computer Architecture Sixth Semester: St. Joseph'S Institute of Technology CHENNAI-119

The document is a unit test for a Computer Architecture course. It contains 6 questions testing students' knowledge of various computer architecture topics: 1) Components of a computer system and diagram. 2) CPU performance equation and factors affecting performance. 3) Addressing modes and examples. 4) Techniques for representing instructions. 5) Eight great ideas in computer architecture. 6) Decision making instructions with examples.

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Unit Test - I CS6303 - Computer Architecture Sixth Semester: St. Joseph'S Institute of Technology CHENNAI-119

The document is a unit test for a Computer Architecture course. It contains 6 questions testing students' knowledge of various computer architecture topics: 1) Components of a computer system and diagram. 2) CPU performance equation and factors affecting performance. 3) Addressing modes and examples. 4) Techniques for representing instructions. 5) Eight great ideas in computer architecture. 6) Decision making instructions with examples.

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St.

JOSEPH'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY


CHENNAI-119

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING


Unit Test – I
CS6303 - Computer Architecture
Sixth Semester

1) Explain the components of the Computer System with neat diagram. (13)
2) State the CPU performance equation and discuss the factors that affect performance. (13)
3) What is an addressing mode? Explain the various addressing modes with suitable example.(13)
4) Discuss about the various techniques to represent instructions in a computer System. (13)
5) Explain in detail about eight great ideas in computer architecture. (13)
6) List the decision making instructions. And explain in detail with suitable example. (13)

7) (a) Consider the computer with three instruction classes and CPI measurements as given below
and Instruction counts for each instruction class for the same program from two different
compilers are given. Assume that the computer’s clock rate is 4GHZ. Which code sequence will
execute faster according to execution time? (7)
Code from CPI for this Instruction Class
A B C
CPI 1 2 3
Code from Instruction Count for each Class
A B C
Compiler 1 2 1 2
Compiler 2 4 1 1
(b) Assume a two address format specified as source, destination. Examine the following
sequence of instructions and explain the addressing modes used and the operation done in
every instruction. (8)
(a) Move (R5)+, R0
(b) Add (R5)+, R0
(c) Move R0, (R5)
(d) Move 16(R5), R3
(e) Add #40, R5

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