RRASE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

CS 8491-COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
Yr/Sem: II/IV MODEL EXAM Total = 100 Marks

Part – A (10 x 2= 20 Marks)

1. Add 610 to 710 in binary and Subtract 610 from 710 in binary.
2. What is fast multiplication?
3. Write the IEEE 754 floating point format.
4. What is meant by pipelining?
5. What are hazards? Write its types.
6. What is meant by branch prediction?
7. What is meant by loop unrolling?
8. Define – Superscalar Processor.
9. What is meant by anti-dependence?
10. Define overflow and under flow with examples

Part – B (5 x 16 = 80 Marks)

1. Explain the Multiplication algorithm in detail with diagram and examples.

or
Discuss in detail about division algorithm in detail with diagram and examples.

2. What are control hazards? Explain the methods for dealing with the control hazards.
or
Explain how the instruction pipeline works. What are the various situations where an
instruction pipeline can stall?

3. Explain the basic MIPS implementation of instruction set?

or
Explain in detail hardware Multithreading

4. Explain the addressing modes in detail with diagram

or
Explain in detail Flynn’s classification of parallel hardware.

5. Describe the basic operations of cache in detail with diagram

or
Explain the virtual memory address translation and TLB with necessary diagram.