JNTUH M.TECH CSE ACA R09-QP SUPPLY SEP-2010

Code No: C8401
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
M.Tech I- Semester Supplementary Examinations September, 2010
ADVANCED COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
(Real Time Systems)
Time: 3hours Max. Marks: 60
Answer any five questions
All questions carry equal marks
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1. a) Explain different addressing modes of Pentium processor.
b) What design considerations while devising the instruction set.
2. a) Explain the principles of associate memory.
b) Distinguish between paging and segmented paging.
3. Write a short note on following
i) I/O addressing.
ii) Direct memory access Techniques.
iii) Data Hazards.
4. a) Distinguish between Horizontal and Vertical instruction format.
b) What are the issues in interrupt implementation?
5. a) Explain brief about the functioning of LASER printer.
b) What are the functions of I/O PROCESSOR?
6. Write a short note for the following
i) Dynamic scheduling with score boarding.
ii) Dynamic branch prediction.
iii) Dynamic memory disambiguation.
7. Explain briefly about the principles and features of various types of storage
devices.
8. With respect to connection of more than TWO computer systems, briefly explain
about switch topology, shared and switched media.
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