COMPUTER ORGANIZATION Question paper – February 2009


1.what are the four basic functions performed by any general purpose computer ?

2.Draw the diagram of a memory cell ?

3.explain Moore's law ?

4.what is the benefit of using multiple buses instead of single bus ?

5.draw the state diagram of an instruction cycle diagram with interrupts ?

6.Define interconnection structure?

7.What are the three functional groups of the bus ?

8.how the processor handles the interrupt ?

9.the width of the address bus determines__________&the width of the data bus
determines_______________

10.how the number and instruction word represent in IAS memory ?

Part B

1.Explain the elements of bus design ?

2.briefly explain evolution of Pentium and power PC ?

3.a)How multiple interrupts are handled ? (5)

b)Explain the expanded structure of IAS computer with neat diagram ? (5)


a) Explain about IAS memory formats.
(b) List various registers in a computer along with their purpose [8+8]
2. (a) Find the output binary number after performing the following arithmetic op-
erations
i. 111.01 + 10.111
ii. 11.01 + 110.11
iii. 110.11 – 111.01
(b) Explain about the longhand division of binary integers. [6+10]
3. (a) Describe various Pentium data types
(b) Describe various common data transfer instruction set operations.
4. Elaborate on different types of registers in a register organization [16]
5. Discuss about address translation with segmentation and paging in the Intel Pen-
tium [16]
6. (a) How would CPU handles multiple devices. Explain with different techniques
available
(b) Discuss the characteristics of Intel 8259A interrupt controller.
7. (a) Explain about microinstruction format of TI 8800
(b) Explain about ALU control fields of IBM 3033 microinstruction.
[8+8]
8. (a) Explain the following terms.
i. Read miss
ii. Read hit
iii. Write miss
iv. Write hit
(b) Discuss different approaches to vector computation

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