Question 1)a) Describe in detail the evolution of general purpose computing with VLSI technology.
b) List and describe in detail the characteristics of Reconfigurable device.
Question 2)a) What do you mean by configurable, programmable and fixed function devices? Give appropriate examples.
b) What is partial reconfigurability? Are such devices being used commercially? Give suitable examples.
Question 3)a) Explain density and diversity. Write down mathematical expressions.
b) List various reconfigurable devices developed yet. Brief their characteristics/features.
Question 4) Write brief notes on the given terms:
a) Interconnects.
b) General purpose computing issues.
c) Crossbars.
d) Area consumption by different architectural building blocks in reconfigurable device.
Question 5) Explain empirical view of general purpose computing architectures in the age of MOS VLSI. Compare their performances.
Question 6) Explain the architectural building blocks of iDPGA and DPGA. Write down the difference between them?
Question 7)a) What are the problems with simple networks? Suggest best option for reconfigurable device.
b) Provide the mathematical model for Rent’s rule based channel and wire growth.
Question 8) Write brief notes on:
a) Instruction compression.
b) Resources in reconfigurable devices.
c) Contexts.
d) MATRIX