MCA MAGADH UNIVERSITY QUESTION (2006-2009) (Fifth semester) COMPUTER SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

MCA MAGADH UNIVERSITY QUESTION (2006-2009) (Fifth semester) COMPUTER SYSTEM  ARCHITECTURE

                                                                       2006-2009
                                                                    Full marks: 80
                                                                     Time: 4 hours

1. Explain the various parallel processing mechanism.

2. Write down about parallel computer models and also write the conditions of parallelism.

3.  What is the different network architecture used to follow parallelism? Draw their diagram also.

4. Differentiate between super scalar and vector processors.

5. Write down the various memory hierarchy technology used in vector organization.

6. What do you mean by pipelining and cache memory organization?

7. Explain back plane bus system.

8. Explain important features of shared memory organization. Also draw its diagram.

9. What do you mean by multithreading? Explain also the use of multithreading in parallel architecture.

10. Differentiate between data flow and hybrid architecture.

11. What do you mean by Flynn's classification ? Explain its main advantages.

12. Write short notes on any two:
       (a) Virtual memory
       (b) Back plane bus system
       (c) Program partitioning and scheduling