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Computer Architecture N Scheme Important Questions Diploma
Computer Architecture N Scheme Important Questions Diploma
Unit-II Unit-V
INPUT AND OUTPUT ORGANIZATION
1. What is I/O interface? And also what is the need for I/O ARCHITECTURE AND CONCEPTS OF ADVANCED
interface.(3) PROCESSORS
2. Explain I/O bus vs memory bus.(3)
3. Explain isolated I/O vs memory mapped I/O.(3) 1. Explain organization of symmetric multiprocessor(7)
4. to briefly explain asynchronous data transfer.(14) 2. Briefly explain mainframe symmetric
5. asynchronous serial transfer(3) multiprocessor(or) IBM z990 multiprocessor(7)
3. Explain cluster organization(7)
6. explain asynchronous communication interface(7)
4. Explain NUMA and VECTOR (7)
7. explain modes of transfer(7)
8. explain priority interrupt(14) 5. Explain approaches to vector computation(14)
9. explain DMA (14) 6. Briefly explain multicore organization(7)
10. explain IO Processor(7)
11.Explain CPU to IOP communication(7)
12.Explain types of serial communication(3)
13.Briefly explain the following protocols
(i) Character oriented protocol
(ii) Bit oriented protocol
14. Explain parallel communication(3)
Unit-III
MEMORY ORGANIZATION
1. Define the following
(i) Accumulator
(ii) Data register
(iii) Instruction register
(iv) Address register
(v) Program counter
2. Briefly explain memory hierarchy and its advantages(3)
3. Briefly explain the main memory (7)
4. Explain RAM chip
5. Explain ROM chip
6. Briefly explain the memory connection to the CPU(7)
7. Briefly explain secondary storage devices(14)
8. Define cache memory and also why we need cache
memory(3)