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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

BE- SEMESTER-VIII (OLD) EXAMINATION — WINTER 2020

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Subject Code:180702 Date:19/01/2021

Subject Name:Parallel Processing

Time:02:00 PM TO 04:00 PM

Instructions:

1. Attempt any FOUR questions out of EIGHT questions.

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2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.

1. (a) Explain pipelining and superscalar execution with suitable examples. [07]
   (b) Briefly explain NUMA and UMA computers. Briefly explain state diagram of simple three state coherence protocols. Also explain Snoopy and Directory based cache coherence mechanism [07]
2. (a) Discuss different performance metrics of parallel systems. [07]
   

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   (b) Briefly explain following Decomposition techniques. [07]
   1. Data Decomposition
   2. Speculative Decomposition
   3. Exploratory decomposition
3. (a) With block diagram explain the possible implementation of Send and Receive primitives in message passing interface. Mention the advantages and disadvantages of each implementation. [07]
   

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   (b) Enlist and discuss different parallel algorithm models in detail. [07]
4. (a) Explain Mutual Exclusion and Condition Variable with proper example. [07]
   (b) Explain Scatter and Gather communication operation. [07]
5. (a) Explain invalidate protocol used for cache coherence in multiprocessor system. [07]
   (b) What is the role of Comparator in Sorting? Explain Odd-Even Transposition sort algorithm with example. [07]

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6. (a) Explain bitonic sort with example. [07]
   (b) Briefly explain Cannon’s matrix-matrix multiplication algorithm. Find parallel execution time of this algorithm. What is the cost-optimal condition for this algorithm? [07]
7. (a) With respect to Dense Matrix Algorithms, draw and explain Matrix-Vector Multiplication-with Rowwise 1-D partitioning. [07]
   (b) Briefly explain pthread create, pthread join and pthread exit functions related to thread. Explain attributes associated with threads and mutex. Briefly explain different types of mutex [07]
8. (a) Write an algorithm for Single-Source Shortest Paths. [07]
   

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   (b) Briefly explain parallel algorithm of Quick sort with example for shared address space parallel computer. [07]

Total Marks: 56