Assignment Questions -1

1) Show how the following floating-point additions are performed (where significands are truncated
to 4 decimal digits). Show the results in normalized form.
a.5.566 * 102 + 7.777 * 102
b.3.344 * 101 + 8.877 * 10-2

2) Show how the following floating-point subtractions are performed (where significands are
truncated to 4 decimal digits). Show the results in normalized form.
a.7.744 * 10-3 - 6.666 * 10-3
b.8.844 * 10-3 - 2.233 * 10-1

3) Show how the following floating-point calculations are performed (where significands
are truncated to 4 decimal digits). Show the results in normalized form.
a. (2.255 * 101) * (1.234 * 100)
b. (8.833 * 102) *(5.555 * 104)

4) Explain Booth’s algorithm with a binary number example and flowchart.

5) Define bus interconnection and discuss its various types in computer architecture. What are the
different types of buses, and how do they facilitate communication between components?

6) Explain the Von Neumann architecture. What are its key components, and how do they interact?

7) Draw the explain the instruction cycle state diagram.