Question 1:
a) What is the basic difference between computer organization and computer architecture?
b) Describe the Bus Interconnection structure.
c) Draw the architecture of PCI and describe it.
d) What do you mean by the terms Semiconductor main memory and cache memory?
Question 2:
a) Describe advance DRAM Organization.
b) What do you mean by the term RAID? Describe all its stages.
c) Write down short note on Optical Memory, Magnetic Tap and Magnetic Disk.
d) Describe all the characteristics and operations of Machine Instruction.
Question 3:
a) What do you mean by the term addressing mode? Why it is required?
b) Describe the classification of instruction format and why it is required?
c) Define the term Instruction cycle and describe its phases.
d) What do you mean by the term Instruction pipeline? Why it is required?
Question 4:
a) Describe the hardwired implementation of CPU.
b) Distinguish between hardwired and micro programmed instruction?
c) What do you mean by the term microinstruction sequencing?
d) Distinguish between memory mapped I/O and I/O mapped memory?
Question 5:
a) Describe Programmed I/O and Interrupt Driven I/O.
b) Short note on DMA and parallel processor.