July2011 MasterofScience inInformationTechnology(MScIT-NEW) Semester2 MT0041:ComputerArchitecture4 Credits (Book ID:B0065&B0074)

Assignment Set 1 (60 Marks) Each question carries Ten marks 6 x 10=60

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BooksID:B0065 1. Explain brieflythe functionalunits ofacomputer. 2. What is subroutine? Explain 3. Explain fetchingaword fromthememory.

BooksID:B0074 4. Explain theevolution oftheconceptcomputer architecture. 5. Explain concept ofcostperformanceratio 6. What arethecharacteristics ofRISCand CISCprocessors?

July2011 MasterofScience inInformationTechnology(MScIT-NEW) Semester2 MT0041:ComputerArchitecture4 Credits (Book ID:B0065&B0074)

Assignment Set 2 (60 Marks)

BooksID:B0065 1.Writea note onstatic and dynamic memories. 2.What do you mean by an interrupt? How does the CPU react to an interrupt? 3.Discuss the Booths Multiplication Algorithm

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BooksID:B0074 4.Explain conceptofvirtualmemory 5.Write anoteon a)Data parallelism b)Message passing 6.Withthehelp ofaneatdiagram,explain I/Osubsystems