COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE (COA), B.E. Computer Science (CS), Semester 4, May 2010.

COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE (COA),

B.E. Computer Science (CS), Semester 4, May 2010.

Con.3022-10

AN-2506

(3 Hours)

[Total Mark: 100]

N. B.: (1) Question no 1 is compulsory.

(2) Solve any four questions out of remaining.

(3) Draw neat labelled diagram wherever necessary.

(4)Assume suitable data if required.

1.(a) Explain in detail characteristics of RISC and CISC. --- (10 Marks)

(b) Explain with suitable example booth s Algorithm for signed multiplication. --- (10 Marks)

2. (a) Explain Flynn’s classification in detail. --- (10 Marks)

(b) Define the term “soft wired and hardwired”. Explain with example the soft wired. --- (10 Marks)

3. (a) Explain with suitable example the difference between computer architecture and computer Organization. --- (10 Marks)

(b) Explain IEEE format for floating point number representation. --- (10 Marks)

4. (a) State the function of following CPU registers. --- (10 Marks)

MAR,

MDR,

IR,

PC,

SP.

(b) What is memory interleaving? Discuss various memory leaving techniques. --- (10 Marks)

5. (a) What is pipelining? Explain with suitable example the difference between serial executions and pipelined instruction execution. --- (10 Marks)

(b) Explain SPARC Processor. --- (10 Marks)

6. (a) Explain with state diagram MESI (Mutual Exclusive Shaved Invalid ) protocol. --- (10 Marks)

(b) Explain and solve the following problem using by non- restoring division algorithm. Hence divided 10/3. --- (10 Marks)

7. (a) Explain the different RAID levels.--- (10 Marks)

(b) Write short notes on: --- (10 Marks)

1. DMA
2. Vonneuman model in detail.