BAHRIA UNIVERSITY (Karachi Campus)

Department of Computer Sciences

Computer Architecture and Organization

Course Code: CEN-221 Credit Hours: 3+1

Faculty: Engr. Muhammad Awais Semester: Spring 2019

Affect from: 18-3-2019 Deadline: 25-03-2019

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BSCS
Assignment 01
10 marks

1. Differentiate between 32-bit and 64-bit processors.

2. Compare Intel Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 processors on the basis of:

 Clock rate

 Number of Cores

 Bus Speed

 Cache

3. While browsing at Billy Bob’s computer store, you overhear a customer asking Billy Bob
what is the fastest computer in the store that he can buy. Billy Bob replies, “You’re looking at
our Macintoshes. The fastest Mac we have runs at a clock speed of 1.2 gigahertz. If you really
want the fastest machine, you should buy our 2.4-gigahertz Intel Pentium IV instead.” Is Billy
Bob correct? What would you say to help this customer?

4. A benchmark program is run on a 40 MHz processor. The executed program consists of

100,000 instruction executions, with the following instruction mix and clock cycle count:
Determine the effective CPI, MIPS rate, and execution time for this program.

5. Consider two different machines, with two different instruction sets, both of which have a
clock rate of 200 MHz. The following measurements are recorded on the two machines running a
given set of benchmark programs:

a. Determine the effective CPI, MIPS rate, and execution time for each machine.

b. Comment on the results.