UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PATTUKOTTAI UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PATTUKOTTAI

RAJAMADAM 614 701 RAJAMADAM 614 701

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
INTERNAL ASSESMENT -III INTERNAL ASSESMENT -III
CS 6306- CS 6306-COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
Total Marks: 50 Total Marks: 50
PART-A (9 X 2 = 18) PART-A (9 X 2 = 18)

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1. What is RAM? 1. What is meant by data path element?

2. Differentiate SRAM from DRAM? 2. What is DMA??
3. Explain virtual memory technique? 3. Explain virtual memory technique?
4. What is an interrupt? 4. What is an interrupt?
5. Define interface. 5. Define interface.
6. What is meant by ILP? 6. What is meant by ILP?
7. What is multiple issue? Write any two approaches. 7. What is multiple issue? Write any two approaches.
8. What is meant by speculation? 8. What is meant by speculation?
9. What is a multicore microprocessor? 9. What is a multicore microprocessor?

PART-B (2X16=32) PART-B (2X16=32)

10. A ) Explain Instruction level parallelism.
OR
B) Expain in detail about memory Hierarchy with neat diagram
11.A) Explain in detail Flynn’s classification of parallel hardware
OR
B) Explain in detail hardware Multithreading
10. A ) Explain Instruction level parallelism.
OR
B) Expain in detail about memory Hierarchy with neat diagram
11.A) Explain in detail Flynn’s classification of parallel hardware
OR
B) Explain in detail hardware Multithreading