| COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE |
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ECE COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND ARCHITECTURE (B.Tech 6th & 7th Semester,2122) Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 60 NOTE:- This paper consist of Three Sections. Section A is compulsory. Do any Four questions from Section B and any two questions from Section C Section-A Marks : 20 1(a) What is the difference between a RAM and RAM? (b) What is the difference between Machine language and Assembly language? (c) Differentiate between RICS and CISC. (d) Why 2's complement method is used for representation of negative numbers? (e) Differentiate between Programmed I/O and I/O mapped I/O. (f) Differentiate between interpreter and compiler. (g) What do you understand by Interleaved DMA? (h) What is a stack? List its applications. (i) How pipeline helps in a faster execution of an instruction? (j) List various methods of data transfer. (k) Differntiate between push operation and POP operation in a stack. (l) What is a Microprogramming? Section-B Marks:5 Each 2. Draw the block diagram of a computer and expalin the function of each block. 3. What is Pipeline Processor? What are advantages of it? 4. Determine the methods of handle branches in a pipeline instruction execution unit. 5. What are the essential components of a multiprocessor system? Explain. 6. Write an algrothim for multiplication of two unsigned numbers using shift and add method. Section-C Marks : 10 Each 7. (a) What are the characteristics of a good instruction Format? (b) Discuss various addressing modes with examples. 8. Explain the instruction cycle, Machine cycle, Intrrupt cycle, Execute cycle. OR What is a DMA scheme of data transfer? Discuss its operating principle. What is a brust mode of data transfer and cycle stealing mode of data transfer? 9. Discuss various steps in the design of a control unit. OR Design a microprogrammed based processor to implement the division algrothim. |
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