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Date:05-04-2015
Duration: 3 Hrs.
( 10 X 2 = 20 )
( 5 X 16 = 80 )
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Or
(b)
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( 08)
12. Explain in detail about the architectural features ,execution units and instruction format
of IA64..
(16 )
Or
(b) (i) Explain in detail about Software pipelining.
(ii) Compare hardware speculation with software speculation.
( 08 )
( 08 )
( 16 )
Or
(b) Describe the various cache coherence protocols in symmetric shared memory
multiprocessor.
(16)
14. (a)(i) Explain how cache performance is measured and how it can be improved?
(ii) Explain in detail about redundant array of inexpensive disks
Or
(08)
(08)
(b) (i) Describe the optimizations techniques used in compilers to reduce cache miss rate
(08)
(ii) With suitable diagram, explain how virtual address is mapped to L2 cache address
(08)
15. (a) (i)Explain about Intel multi core architecture
( 16 )
Or
(b) Briefly compare SMT and CMP architectures.
(16)