ADVANCED MICROPROCESSOR (AMP) DECEMBER 2010 COMPUTER SCIENCE SEMESTER 6
Con.5550-10 (REVISED COURSE) GT-7554(3 Hours) [Total Marks :-100]
N.B: (1) Question No.1 is compulsory.
(2) Attempt any four questions out of remaining six questions.
(3) Each question have 20 marks.
1. (a) Explain Intel's Net Burst Micro-architecture with neat schematic. [10 Marks]
(b) Explain the protection mechanism of X86 intel family microprocessor. [10 Marks]
(c) Explain how the Linear Pipelining Working. [10 Marks]
2. (a) Differentiate between real mode and protected mode of X86 family. [10 Marks]
(b) State and explain operating mode of X86 family of processor. Show the mode transition
diagram highlighting important features. [10 Marks]
(c) Explain segment translation mechanism of X86 processor with flow chart. Also explain
segment descriptor field. [10 Marks]
3. (a) Explain different stages of integer pipeline and floating point pipeline of Pentium
Processor. [10 Marks]
(b) Explain Cache organisation of pentium. [10 Marks]
(c) Explain with block diagram how super scalar operation is carried but in pentium
processor. [10 Marks]
4. (a) Write the features of pentium IV processor. [10 Marks]
(b) Explain Itanium processor with respect to instruction format, core pipeline stages and the
functionality. [10 Marks]
(c) Explain the architecture of super SPARC microprocessor with the help of neat
diagram. [10 Marks]
5. (a) Data type supported by SPARC. [5 Marks]
(b) Register file of SPARC architecture. [5 Marks]
(c) Write short note on Ultra SPARC Processor. [5 Marks]
(d) Branch Prediction Logic. [5 Marks]
6. (a) Explain EFAG bits of pentium. [10 Marks]
(b) Explain the state transition diagram for pentium processor bus cycle. [10 Marks]
(c) Differentiated RISC and CISC. [10 Marks]
7. Write short notes on the following : -
(a) IDE [5 Marks]
(b) VESA [5 Marks]
(c) EISA [5 Marks]
(d) USB [5 Marks]
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