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1. The document discusses various topics related to computer organization and architecture across six units. It provides questions related to ISA machines, register transfer logic, instruction sets, carry lookahead adders, Booth's multiplication algorithm, restoring division method, floating point addition and subtraction, microprogrammed control organization, control memory, address sequencing, memory hierarchy, mapping techniques, virtual memory, page faults, I/O data transfer, interrupts, exceptions, DMA controllers, data transfer modes, arithmetic pipelines, RISC pipelines, array processors, and improvements in chip organization. 2. The questions cover topics such as instruction formats, operation codes, pseudo instructions, control words, instruction pipelining, I/O techniques,

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1. The document discusses various topics related to computer organization and architecture across six units. It provides questions related to ISA machines, register transfer logic, instruction sets, carry lookahead adders, Booth's multiplication algorithm, restoring division method, floating point addition and subtraction, microprogrammed control organization, control memory, address sequencing, memory hierarchy, mapping techniques, virtual memory, page faults, I/O data transfer, interrupts, exceptions, DMA controllers, data transfer modes, arithmetic pipelines, RISC pipelines, array processors, and improvements in chip organization. 2. The questions cover topics such as instruction formats, operation codes, pseudo instructions, control words, instruction pipelining, I/O techniques,

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UNIT-1

1. a) Explain the ISA machine with suitable block diagram.


b) Explain the concept of Register Transfer Logic (RTL) with suitable diagram.
OR
2. a) List the types of instruction sets available with suitable example instructions.
3M
b) What are the radix numbers of if the solution to the quadratic equation x2 – 10 x +
31 = 0 is x=5 and x=8?
5M

UNIT-2
3. a) Show the logic diagram of Carry look ahead adder and explain how the carry
generation delay can be reduced.
3M
b) Show the step by step multiplication process using booth’s algorithm when the
following binary numbers are multiplied. Assume 5-bit registers that hold signed
numbers. The multiplicand in both cases is +15.
i) (+15) X (+13) ii) (+15) X (-13) 5M

OR

4. a) Draw the flow chart of Restoring division method. Perform the division 13÷3.
b) Draw the flowchart and explain r floating point addition and subtraction method.

UNIT-3

5. a) Draw and explain in detail about microprogramed control organization.


b) What are the features of control memory and explain the need of control memory
in a computer using neat diagram.

OR
6. a) Discuss the concept of address sequencing in microprogrammed control environment
with neat sketches.
b) Distinguish the features of Control Processing Units(CPUs) and Graphics Processing
Units(GPUs)

UNIT-4
7. a) Explain the memory hierarchy in detail.
b) Explain various memory mapping techniques that are used for Associative memory.

OR
8. a) Explain any two mapping techniques in Cache memory.
3M
b) A virtual memory has a page size of 1K words. There are eight pages and four
blocks. The associative memory page table contains the following entries.
5M

Page Block

0 3
1 1

4 2

6 0

Make a list of all virtual addresses (in decimal) that will cause a page fault if used by
the CPU.

UNIT-5
9. a) Explain the Modes of I/O Data Transfer
b) What are the software interrupts. How CPU is going to handle these interrupts?

OR

10. a) How the Exceptions and Interrupts are defined? What to do when an exception or
interrupt occurs.
b) Discuss in detail about the DMA Controller with neat sketches.

UNIT-6

11. a) Explain the Data Transfer Modes of a Computer System.


b) Explain the concept of arithmetic pipeline with neat examples.

OR
12. a) Explain RISC pipeline vector processing.
b) Discuss the concept of array processors.
1. a) Give the various improvements that have taken place in the chip organization in and
Architecture.
b) What is a Bus? Construct a Bus System for four registers.
OR
2. a) List all the Arithmetic Microoperations along with their description. Construct a 4-bit
arithmetic Circuit.
b) Construct an Arithmetic Logic Shift Unit.

3. a) Sketch the diagram and explain the common bus System?


b) Discuss briefly the organization of stack with supporting segments.

OR
4. a) Explain the control of registers in the design of computer? List out supporting functions and
micro operations.
b) Explain different types of instruction formats.

5. a) Explain in brief the characteristics of Computer memory systems.


b) Discuss the address mapping using pages in detail.
OR
6. a) Give the various Raid Levels and explain each of them
b) Construct a micro program sequencer for a control memory.

7. a) Sketch the flowchart and explain the hardware of multiplication algorithm.


b) Write about different types of modes of data transfer between peripherals.
OR
8. a) Explain the basic working principle of hardware of division algorithm with example.
b) What is asynchronous data transfer? Explain supporting methods.

9. Write about
a. Attached Array Processor
b. SIMD Array Processor.
OR

10. a) What is memory interleaving? Explain in brief.


b) Explain how the instruction cycle in the CPU can be processed with a four-segment pipeline

a) Define instruction code and operation code.


b) What is Pseudo instruction? List out supporting types.
c) Define Control word. List out supporting fields
d) What is three-segment instruction pipeline?
e) Differentiate between isolated and memory mapped I/O.
f) Define asynchronous DRAM.
g) Differentiate RISC with CISC.
h) What is the role of special bits in conditional branching?
i) Differentiate between SIMD and MIMD.

Draw the hardware for signed 2’s complement addition and subtraction

a) What is the difference between Von-Neumann and Haward architectures?


b) What is called mantissa, base and exponent values?
c) What is the purpose of control memory?
d) Brief about semiconductor memory.
e) What are the main subsystems of a computer?
f) Define pipelining.

Booth Multiplication Algorithm?

Explain RISC Pipeline Architecture

Explain Instruction Pipelining

1. Draw and Explain DMA?


2. Draw and Explain Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter UART?
3. What is Asynchronous Data Transfer and explain supporting methods?
4. Differentiate Hard Wired Control and Micro Program Control?
5. Differentiate Isolated I/O to Memory mapped I/O?
6. What are Peripheral Devices?
7. List the benefits of RAID?
8. Explain Briefly about RAID?
9. Explain FIFO and LRU Algorithms?
10. Explain the Page Replacement Algorithm?
11. Explain Virtual Memory?
12. What is Associative Mapping? Set associative Mapping? Direct Mapping?
13. What is HIT Ratio?
14. Explain Cache Memory?
15. Explain Characteristics of memory?
16. Differentiate SRAM & DRAM
17. What is MAIN MEMORY, Explain?
18. Explain Memory Hierarchy in computer?
19. What are Instruction Formats, Explain?
20. List Memory Reference Instructions?
21. List Register Reference Instructions?
22. Draw and Explain Common Bus Architecture?
23. :
24. List Register Reference Instructions?
25. Draw and Explain Instruction Cycle?
26. Characteristics of RISC and CISC?
27. What are Various Computer Instructions?
28. List and Explain Various Addressing Modes?
29. List Various Basic Computer Registers with a Diagram?
30. Explain Arithmetic Logic Shift Unit (One Stage)?
31. Explain Logic Micro Operations?
32. Explain Arithmetic Micro Operations?
33. List and Explain Various Logic Micro Operations?
34. Explain INTEL’s Evolution of X86 Architecture?
35. Explain 4-Bit Bus structure with Diagram?
36. What are Instruction Formats?
37. What is Instruction Code?

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