Computer Architecture Question Bank

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  Ankita Katdare

  Que. 21 Write short note on Speedup Laws.
  Que. 22 What is Design space for Processors ? Explain Concept.
  Que. 23 Give Evolution for Advanced Processor.
  Que. 24 Explain ILP . What are different terms consider under ILP.
  Que. 25 Compare and contrast between CISC and RISC.
  Que. 26 Write what is VLIW ? Give its working.
  Que. 27 Write short note Vector processor.
  Que. 28 Write short note on Symbolic processor.
  Que. 29 Explain Memory Hierarchy system.
  Que. 30 Explain Concept of Virtual Memory.
  Que. 31 Explain Why Memory Interleaving is important ? What are different types?
  Que. 32 Explain Concept of Paging.
  Que. 33 Explain Concept of Invert Paging.
  Que. 34 Give the concept of Inclusion , Coherence and Locality.
  Que. 35 Give the concept of Segmentation.
  Que. 36 Explain various Page replacement strategies.
  Que. 37 Give architecture for cache memory organizations.
  Que. 38 What are different types of mapping available ? Explain all in detail.
  Que. 39 Explain shared memory models.
  Que. 40 Give various parameters for memory performance.
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  Ankita Katdare

  Que. 41 Differentiate between Linear Pipeline Processors and Dynamic PP.
  Que. 42 Discuss various models of LPP.
  Que. 43 Write short note on Asynchronous LPP.
  Que. 44 Write short not on Synchronous LPP.
  Que. 45 Explain concept of Reservation table and Latency analysis .
  Que. 46 Explain how to draw state diagram from given reservation table.
  Que. 47 Explain Greedy Cycles, Simple cycles .
  Que. 48 What is MAL ? Why it is important to calculate MAL?
  Que. 49 Discuss about Pipeline Throughput and Efficiency.
  Que. 50 What are different phases of Instruction pipeline design.
  Que. 51 Write short note on Prefetch Buffers.
  Que. 52 How multiple functions will improve performance of pipeline?
  Que. 53 Explain Internal Forwarding with suitable example.
  Que. 54 Explain Hazard Detection Mechanism in detail.
  Que. 55 What are various techniques available for Dynamic Instruction scheduling.
  Que. 56 Explain Tomasulo’s Algorithm.
  Que. 57 Explain CDC Score boarding.
  Que. 58 Discuss various Branch handling techniques.
  Que. 59 Differentiate between CSA & CPA.
  Que. 60 Design Fixed pointing multiplication with 8 bit.
  Que. 61 Discuss convergence division.
  Que. 62 Give architecture for IBM 360 Model 91.
  Que. 63 Explain concept of multifunctional pipeline.
  Que. 64 Give and explain arch. Of TI ASC.
  Que. 65 What is difference between Superscalar and Superpipeline processors.
  Que. 66 What is In-Order Issue and Out-Order issue.
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  Ankita Katdare

  Que. 67 Give generalized multiprocessor system.
  Que. 68 What is IPCN , PION and IPMN ?
  Que. 69 Give Hierarchical bus system.
  Que. 70 Draw and explain Ultramax multiprocessor architecture.
  Que. 71 Differentiate between Mutlistage and single stage N/W
  Que. 72 Differentiate bet. Blocking & Nonblocking N/W.
  Que. 73 Design Omega N/W for function П = (1,5,3,7) (2,4,6).
  Que. 74 Design Omega N/W which explains concept of Blocking of N/W.
  Que. 75 How broadcasting done in Omega N/W?
  Que. 76 Give schematic design for crosspoint switch in crossbar n/w.
  Que. 77 Give concept of multiport memory.
  Que. 78 Give and explain concept of Hot Spot problem.
  Que. 79 Explain concept of Fetch&Add operation.
  Que. 80 Discuss cache coherence problem.
  Que. 81 Differentiate bet. Write-through and Write-back operation with suitable example.
  Que. 82 Explain Snoopy bus protocols.
  Que. 83 Explain Directory based protocol.
  Que. 84 What are primary categories of DBP ? Explain in detail.
  Que. 85 Give different generations of Multicomputer.
  Que. 86 What are various message routing schemes available .
  Que. 87 Differentiate bet. Physical & Virtual Channel.
  Que. 88 Explain Multicast routing algorithm.
  Que. 89 Explain concept of N/E partitioning.
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  Ankita Katdare

  Que. 90 What are various Vector processing principle ?
  Que. 91 Explain various types of Vector Instruction.
  Que. 92 Discuss various Vector access memory scheme.
  Que. 93 Differentiate between C Access and S Access scheme.
  Que. 94 Define CVF.
  Que. 95 Explain concept of Vector chaining and looping .
  Que. 96 Write short note on Distributed –Memory Model.
  Que. 97 Write short note on Shared- Memory Model.
  Que. 98 Discuss and differentiate between two models of SIMD supercomputers.
  Que. 99 Explain Principles of multi threading.
  Que. 100 Discuss various parameters for detecting performance of architecture.
  Que. 101 What are two diff. problems caused by asynchronous and comunication latency in PP.
  Que. 102 Explain Concept of Dataflow Graphs .
  Que. 103 Compare and Contrast bet. Static Vs Dynamic dataflow.
  Que. 104 Write short note on pure dataflow m/c.
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  Ankita Katdare

  Que. 105 What is importance of Code Optimization and Scheduling?
  Que. 106 What are Constraints for optimization and scheduling?
  Que. 107 Write Short note on Local Optimizations .
  Que. 108 Write short note on Global Optimization .
  Que. 109 What are various methods for Parallelization of code.
  Que. 110 What do u understand by Vectorization ? Explain in detail.
  Que. 111 Explain construction of DAG for Bubble sort.
  Que. 112 write Testing Algorithm . What is the purpose of same.
  Que. 113 What are Distance and Direction Vectors?
  Que. 114 What is Lexicographic Order ? Explain with proper example.
  [FONT="] Que. 115 Explain various testing used for dependence testing[/FONT]
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  cooltwins

  i'm adding in more 😀
  
  Que. 116 explain the architecture of a basic computer with neat diagram.
  Que. 117 define addressing mode, classify the addressing modes and explain with an example
  Que. 118 explain the concept of Carry Look ahead adder
  Que. 119 describe in detail booth's algorithm for multiplication and give the hardware implementation.
  Que. 120 different types of hazards that occur in a pipe line
  Que. 121 what are superscalar processors? explain its typical structure.
  Que. 122 give the organisation of magnetic disk in detail.
  Que. 123 explain the DMA mode of data transfer
  
  P.S: just had an exam today 😀 was a very easy paper. its obvious from the questions above. 😉
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  Ankita Katdare

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