Question 1: A two level memory system has eight virtual pages
on a disk to be mapped into four page frames (PFs) in the main
memory. A computer program generated the following page trace:
2, 2, 1, 0, 7, 6, 1, 0, 5, 6, 6, 3, 2, 3, 7, 6
(a) Sketch the successive virtual pages residing in the four page
frames with respect to the above page tracing using the LRU replacement
policy. Compute the hit ratio also. Assume the PFs are initially empty.
(b) Repeat part (a) for the FIFO and Optimal algorithm and calculate
the hit ratio.
Question 2: Study any 64-bit microprocessor architectures and discuss
the following features briefly.
(a) Bus architectures
(b) H/w support to memory management
(c) Pipeline architecture
CS-12 Computer Architecture
Assignment Code : MCA(5)-12/Project/2008
Note : This is a Project. Answer all the questions. You may use illustrations
and diagrams to enhance explanations.
Question 1: Compare dynamic interconnection networks for designing
multiprocessor systems in terms of the following characteristics:
(i) Switching and arbitration facilities
(ii) Data transfer latency between processor and memory model
(iii) Communication mechanisms.
Question 2: Study and compare the design parameters of several pipeline processors such as scalar base machine, super scalar machine, super pipelined machine and super pipelined super scalar machine in terms of the following characteristics:
Machine pipelined cycle, instruction issue rate, and instruction issue latency and simple operation latency.
Question 3: Discuss the followings in context of OSF/1 operating
system architecture.
(i) OSF/1 Kernel
(ii) OSF/1 Programming environment.