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M.Tech.(IT) (2015 & Onwards) / (CSE Engg.) / (E-Security) (Sem. – 1)

ADVANCED COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
M Code: 35406
Subject Code: CS-505
Paper ID: [E0685]
Time: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
1. Attempt any FIVE questions out of EIGHT questions.
2. Each question carries TWENTY marks.

1. a) Define Computer Architecture. Illustrate the seven dimensions of an ISA? [10]

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b) Explain the concept of control dependence with an example. With what problem a
pipeline may suffer if a control dependence is there? [10]

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2. a) Explain detecting and enhancing loop level parallelism for VLIW processor?

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b) Explain the taxonomy of parallel architectures.

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3. Explain in detail the symmetric shared memory architectures with reference to

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multiprocessor cache coherence problem. [20]

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4. Explain different classes of pipeline hazards with examples.

5. Explain in detail about hardware multithreading techniques?

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6. Discuss about various code scheduling approaches for ILP by taking suitable examples. [20]

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7. Explain in detail the distributed shared memory architecture highlighting the directory based

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cache coherence protocol. Substantiate your explanation with suitable examples and state
diagrams? [20]

8. Explain the various classifications of parallel structures. [20]

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