PART- A
1. What are the eight great ideas in computer architecture?
2. What are the five classic components of a computer?
3. What is the function of data path and control path?
4. What is instruction set Architecture?
5. Define application binary interface
6. Differentiate DRAM and SRAM.
7. Compare Volatile and nonvolatile memory.
8. List the advantages of Network Computer.
9. Define VLSI
10. Differentiate Throughput and Response Time
11. Write the CPU performance equation.
12. If computer A runs a program in 10 seconds, and computer B runs the same program
in 15 seconds, how much faster is A over B.
13. Write the formula for CPU execution time for a program
14. Write the formula for CPU clock cycles required for a program.
15. How will you measure the dynamic power dissipppation?
16. Define – Stored Program Concepts
17. What are the fields in an MIPS instruction?
18. List the advantages of multiprocessor over uniprocessor.
19. What are the different types ofoperands? Give examples
20. List the different addressing modes
