• Attempt any five questions.
• All questions carry equal marks.
Differentiate between accumulator, index, stack and general-purpose registers in terms of their functions and usage.
Discuss the sequence of steps involved in fetching an instruction from memory and executing it.
Describe how micro instructions are arranged in control memory and how they are interpreted.
Draw flowchart for Booth's algorithm for multiplication of signed 2's complement numbers and explain with example.
Describe basic arithmetic operations supported by floating-point arithmetic including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
What components are required to design the arithmetic unit? Explain with neat sketch.
Discuss fundamental differences between serial and parallel data transfer methods in terms of data transmission, speed and implementation complexity.
What is direct memory transfer? Give an overview and block diagram of a DMA controller.
Differentiate synchronous and asynchronous data transfer.
Explain the concept of memory hierarchy and its significance in modern computer systems.
Compare and contrast different cache mapping techniques: direct mapping, set-associative and fully associative. Discuss advantages and disadvantages.
Explain memory segmentation and how it complements virtual memory. Discuss advantages and challenges.
Describe different types of interconnection networks used in multiprocessor systems.
Define array processing and explain its significance in computer architecture and parallel computing.
Write short notes on any two: a) Instruction types b) PCI Bus c) Read Only Memory d) Inter-processor communication and synchronization.
