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This document outlines an assignment for a High Performance Computing course, detailing questions related to computer architecture and parallel computing. It includes topics such as stored-program architecture, parallel platforms, types of parallelism, and communication costs. The assignment is structured for students in batches B1, B2, and B3, with specific instructions for neat diagrams and assumptions for data.

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Assignment Unit 1

This document outlines an assignment for a High Performance Computing course, detailing questions related to computer architecture and parallel computing. It includes topics such as stored-program architecture, parallel platforms, types of parallelism, and communication costs. The assignment is structured for students in batches B1, B2, and B3, with specific instructions for neat diagrams and assumptions for data.

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Department of Computer Engineering

B.E 2019 (Computer)


High Performance Computing (410250)
(Semester-VIII)
Assignment-I Academic year 2024-25 Max. Marks :
Date of Assignment: 11/02/2025 Batch: B1,B2,B3
Instructions to the candidates:
1) Neat diagrams must be drawn wherever necessary.
2) Figures to the right side indicate full marks.
3) Assume Suitable data if necessary

Unit No III
Q. No. Question/ Item CO BL Marks
Describe the stored-program computer architecture and its relevance to
1. CO1 2
parallel computing.
Describe the physical organization of parallel platforms, including
2. CO1 2
interconnection networks and memory hierarchy.

Define and differentiate between instruction-level parallelism (ILP), thread-


3. CO1 2
level parallelism (TLP), and data-level parallelism (DLP).

Compare and contrast SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) and MIMD
4 CO1 2
(Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data) models.

Describe the SPMD (Single Program, Multiple Data) model and its use in
5 CO1 2
parallel programming.

What is an N-wide superscalar architecture, and how does it exploit


6 CO1 2
instruction-level parallelism?

7 What is multi-threading, and how does it improve processor performance? CO1 2


What are the primary components of communication costs in parallel
8 CO1 2
machines?

What is the data flow model of computation, and how does it differ from the
9 CO1 2
control flow model?

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