Computer Engineering Sem 4 Computer Organization and Architecture Question Paper PDF 2026 - Mumbai University | munotes

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1. Q1 Answer any four questions
   • (A) Explain Instruction and Instruction Cycle. 5
   • (B) Booths algorithm with an example 5
   • (C) Give different instruction formats. 5
   • (D) Describe the memory hierarchy in the computer system 5
   • (E) Explain Superscalar Architecture. 5
2. Q2 (A) Explain Branch Predication Logic and delayed branch. 10 marks
   • (B) and explain various data dependencies, data and branch hazards that occur in the computer system 10
3. Q3 (A) A program having 10 instructions (without Branch and Call instructions) is executed on non-pipeline and pipeline processors. All instructions are of same length and having 4 pipeline time required to each stage is 1nsec 10 marks
   • i) Calculate time required to execute the program and
   • (B) Microprogram? Write microprogram for following operations. 10
   • i) M, R1 location M are added and
   • ii) MUL R1, R2 Register R1 and Register R2 are multiplied and result store at Register R1 Explain Bus Contention and different method to resolve it. (10) Describe memory segmentation in detail. Explain how address translation is (10) performed in virtual memory
4. Q5 State the various types of data transfer techniques. Explain DMA in detail. 10 marks
   • (B) Consider a cache memory of 16 words. Each block consists of 4 words. Size of the main memory is 256 bytes. Draw associative mapping and calculate TAG, 10
5. Q6 Write short note on Performance measures 10 marks
   • (B) Draw and explain floating point addition subtraction algorithm. 10

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