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This document contains questions for an exam on advanced computer architecture. It has 8 short answer questions covering various topics like data dependencies, pipeline structures, branch prediction, interconnection networks, multiprocessor bus architectures, and cache coherence protocols. Students are asked to attempt 5 questions total, selecting one from each of the 4 units and the compulsory question. The document is 3 pages long and covers key concepts in advanced computer architecture.

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This document contains questions for an exam on advanced computer architecture. It has 8 short answer questions covering various topics like data dependencies, pipeline structures, branch prediction, interconnection networks, multiprocessor bus architectures, and cache coherence protocols. Students are asked to attempt 5 questions total, selecting one from each of the 4 units and the compulsory question. The document is 3 pages long and covers key concepts in advanced computer architecture.

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Roll No. Total Pages : 3

McA/]\{.lr 10594
ADVANCED COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
Paper: CS'DE'33

Time : Three Hours] [Maximum Marks : 80

Note : Attempt,fiue questions in all' Question No' 1 is compulsory'


Attempt four morc questions from Unit-I' II, III & IV
selecting one question from each Unit'

CompulsorY Question

1. Answer the following in brief :

(a) Explain control data dependency with an example'


o)Differentiatebetweenavailableandutilizedparallelism.
(c) What are in'order and out-of-order issue?

(d) How can you detect branch early? Explain any one
technique.

(e) What is UMA model?

(f) What is hYPercube?

(g) Differentiate between write update policy and write


invalidate PolicY.

(h) What is distributed arbiter logic? (8x2=16)

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UNIT-I 7, Explain the following direct interconnection network:
2' (a) Explain the concept of computer Architecture. How is (a) Ring. 5
it related to computational modcl? g
(b) Star. 5
o) Explain different types of data dependencies among (c) Barrel Shifter. 6
instnrctions with suitable examples.
E

3' (a) Explain the principal and general sructure of pipeline. UMT-IV
t. (a) Explain the three generation of buses used in
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Multiprocessors. 8
(b) what are different types of data dependencies among
(b) Explain the working of 8x8 Omega Network with
instructions? Discuss each with suitable example. g suitable diagram. g

UMT.II 9, What is Cache coherence problem? What are its causes?


4' (a) Explain the paralrel decoding phase of super scarar Discuss directory based Cache coherence protocols. 16
processof. g

O) Compare and contrast VLIW and Superscalar


architectures. g

5' (a) Explain different dynamic branch prediction schemes.


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o) what are branch penalties? Explain the techniques to
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reducethem. g

UMT-III
6. Write short notes ori ttre following :

(a) Distributed Memory MIMD Architecture.


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(b) CC-NUMA Modet.
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