MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

FOURTH SEMESTER : MCA – 405Elective – 2 : Advanced Computer ArchitectureMax Marks : 100 Min Marks : 40NOTE :- The Question Paper setter is advised to prepare unit-wise question with the provision ofinternal choice.UNIT I:Introduction- Architecture classification schemes, Software and Hardware parallelism, degree ofparallelism, Grain sizes and Latency. Static and dynamic interconnection networks.UNIT II:Pipelining-Type of Pipelines, RISC, CISC, VLIW architecture, Arithmetic pipeline Design using CSA& CPA, Hazard avoidance. Latency analysis.UNIT III:Vectorization and parallelization - Fortran 90 Array notations, Dependence analysis, Distance &Direction vectors, multitasking on Cray multiprocessor, Semaphores and application.UNIT IV:Memory & Interconnection networks- Shared Memory multiprocessor Models, Direct Mapping, Fullyassociative and set associative cache memories, memory interleaving, distributed shared memory.Architecture and routing in static and dynamic interconnection networks.UNIT V:Performance metrics- Amdahl’s law, Dhrystone results, Whetstone results, TPS and KLIPS ratings,Case studies of IBM 360/91 and Cray 1.Text Books:1 Computer Architecture & Parallel Processing by Kai Hwang and F.A. Briggs-Mc Graw Hill.2 Advanced Computer Architecture By Kai Hwang –Mc Graw Hill.3 Parallel Computing by M.R. Bhujade – New Age Publication.Reference Books:Parallel Computing Theory and practice by Michael J. Quinn –Tata Mc-Graw Hill