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The document outlines the assessment tasks for a Computer Architecture course at the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology. It includes instructions for group submissions, specific questions related to computer systems, and a due date of February 28, 2025. The tasks cover topics such as VON Neumann architecture, CPU functionality, and programming in machine language.

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Grp Assignment

The document outlines the assessment tasks for a Computer Architecture course at the Faculty of Information and Communication Technology. It includes instructions for group submissions, specific questions related to computer systems, and a due date of February 28, 2025. The tasks cover topics such as VON Neumann architecture, CPU functionality, and programming in machine language.

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FACULTY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING

STUDENT
ASSESSMENT

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
125R

(CATF16D)

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Instructions:

• Please include the name, surname, and student numbers of six


members.
• Groups with less or more than six members will be penalized.
• Please cite all the sources that you will use. E.g internet sources
• Ref to your prescribed book for most of the questions
• Format your paper to “Times New Roman with 12 font on text
• Submit the completed assignment in PDF format to lecturer
email address.

Due date: 28 February 2025 @11:59 pm

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TASKS

Study of peripherals, and components of a Computer System.

Aim: To Study of peripherals, and components of a Computer System

Question (1): Design VON Neumann Architecture (25 marks)

Question (2): Choose the correct answer. (6 marks)

(a) The task of performing arithmetic and logical operation is performed by.

(i) ALU (ii) Control Unit (iii) storage (iv) input/output

(b) The CU and CPU are jointly known as

(i) RAM (ii) ROM (iii) CPU (iv) none of the above

(c) The process of producing results from the data for getting useful information
is called?

(i) Output (ii) input (iii) processing (iv) storage

Question (3): (15 marks)

a. Compare the computer architecture of modern processors from two different vendors
in terms of memory, speed and expansion bus. (12 marks)

Question (4): What is CPU and how does it work? Explain briefly in your own words. (4 marks)

Question (5): (9mks)

5.1 What are the challenges in cache memory? (3 marks)


5.2 Describe how I/O devices communicate with the CPU (6 mks)

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Question (6): Write a machine language program that Subtracts the contents of Memory location 14, initialized to
255, from Memory location 16, initialized to 45. Then Complements the results and store them in location 18,
initialized to 0. (10 mks)

Question (7) (5 mks)


a. What is performance metric. (2marks)
b. Mention three items on why study computer performance. (3marks)

Question 8 (6marks)

Experiment No 2: Binary Addition

Aim: To write a C/C++ program that will compute the sum of two binary numbers

Algorithm:

Total 80 Marks

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