PARALLEL PROCESSING MG university question paper

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B.Sc. (COMPUTER SCIENCE) DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2010
Sixth Semester
PARALLEL PROCESSING
(New scheme—2007 admissions)
Time : Three Hours                                                                                        Maximum: 75 Marks
Part A
Answer any five questions.
Each question carries 3 marks.

1. What is the purpose of parallel processing?
2. Mention three application areas of vector processing.
3. What is a super computer?
4. What is SIMD?
5. What is a tightly coupled multiprocessor?
6. What is a data flow computer?

(5x3=15marks)

Part B
Answer any four questions.
Each question carries 5 marks.

7. Explain the extent of parallelism in uniprocessor systems.
8. Write note on instruction pipelines.
9. Describe the characteristics of vector processing.
10. Discuss the structure of an array processor.
11. How can you arrange processors in a multiprocessor system?
12. Write a note on data flow graph.

(4 X 5 = 20 marks)
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Part C
Answer any two questions.
Each question carries 20 marks.

13 (a) Describe the applications of parallel processing. (10 marks)

    (b) Explain Flynn’s classification. (10 marks)
14 (a) What are the principles that should be followed to de8ign a pipelined processors ? (10 marks)
    (b) Discuss the technique of vector processing with an example. (10 marks)
15 (a) Explain an algorithm related to array processors. (10 marks)
     (b) Write a note on multiprocessor operating system. (10 marks)
16 (a) Describe the architecture of dataflow computers. (12 marks)
    (b) Write short note on data flow languages. (8 marks)

[2 x 20 = 40 marks]

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