IMS Engineering College

NH-09, Adhyatmik Nagar, Near Dasna, Distt. Ghaziabad, U.P.

Tel: (0120) 4940000

Department of Computer Science

Computer Organisation and Architecture 3rd Sem(2022-2023)
Assignment 3

Maximum Marks: 20 Submission Date: 26.12.22

COURSE OUTCOMES

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

CO No. Description Bloom’s
Level
C 201.1 Study of the basic structure and operation of a digital computer K1, K2
system.
C 201.2
Analysis of the design of arithmetic & logic unit and understanding of K2, K4
the fixed point and floating point arithmetic operations.
C 201.3
Implementation of control unit techniques and the concept of K3
Pipelining.
C 201.4
Understanding the hierarchical memory system, cache memories and K2
virtual memory.
C 201.5
Understanding the different ways of communicating with I/O devices K2, K4
and standard I/O interfaces.

ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS each question carries equal marks

Q. No. Question CO
1. Compare C 201.3
a) Microinstruction vs Instruction
b) Microprogram vs program (2+2)
2. (a) Discuss the design and logic of microprogram sequencer (4) C 201.3
3. How pipeline performance can be measured? Discuss. Give a space C 201.3
time diagram for visualizing the pipeline behavior for a four stage
pipeline. (4)
4. Differentiate between C 201.3
(a) Horizontal microprogramming & Vertical microprogramming.
(b) RISC and CISC (2+2)
5. What are the basic differences between a brach instruction, C 201.3
subroutine call and program interrupt (4)