COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN EXAM SCRIPT SOLVED QUESTIONS COMPLETE ANSWER COLLECTION

COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN
EXAM SCRIPT SOLVED QUESTIONS
COMPLETE ANSWER COLLECTION

●● Task/Process-Level Parallelism
Answer: Utilizing multiple processors by running independent programs
simultaneously.


●● Parallel processing program
Answer: A single program that runs on multiple processors
simultaneously.


●● Cluster
Answer: A set of computer connected over a local area network that
function as a single large multiprocessor.


●● Multicore Microprocessor
Answer: A microprocessor containing multiple processors("cores") in a
single integrated circuit. Virtually all microprocessors today in desktops
and servers are multicore.


●● Shared Memory Multiprocessor (SMP)
Answer: A parallel processor with a single physical address space.

, ●● Strong Scaling
Answer: Speedup achieved on a multiprocessor without increasing the
size of the problem.


●● Weak Scaling
Answer: Speedup achieved on a multiprocessor while increasing the size
of the problem proportionally to the increase in the number of
processors.


●● SISD
Answer: Single Instruction stream, Single Data stream, a uniprocessor.


●● MIMD
Answer: Multiple Instruction streams, Multiple Data streams, a
multiprocessor.


●● SPMD
Answer: Single Program, Multiple Data streams. The conventional
MIMD programming model, where a single program runs across all
processors.


●● SIMD