Subject Code: 180702
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
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BE - SEMESTER-VIII (OLD) EXAMINATION — SUMMER 2020Subject Name: Parallel Processing
Time: 02:30 PM TO 05:00 PM
Instructions:
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Q.1 (a) Discuss latency and bandwidth of memory in brief. Enlist and explain different ways to minimize latency and to improve bandwidth of memory. 07Q.1 (b) Explain various types of parallel computers. 07
Q.2 (a) Discuss the following terms and explain their importance related to parallel algorithm design: 07
- decomposition
- concurrency
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- granularity.Q.2 (b) Draw and explain architecture of Uniform Memory Access (UMA) and Non Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) shared-address-space computers. 07
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Q.3 (a) Explain various decomposition techniques in brief. 07
Q.3 (b) What is isoefficiency function? Derive equation of isoefficiency function. 07
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Q.4 (a) Discuss different parallel algorithm models in detail. 07OR
Q.4 (b) Enlist and explain various performance metrics for parallel systems. 07
Q.5 (a) What is MPI? Explain following MPI routines with their functionalities. 07
- MPI_Init - MPI Isend - MPI_Send
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Q.5 (b) Discuss buffered non-blocking and non-buffered non-blocking send/receive message passing operations with suitable diagram. 07Q.6 (a) Describe odd-even sort with example. 07
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Q.6 (b) Discuss Prim’s algorithm with example. 07
Q.7 (a) Explain thread creation, termination and cancellation in detail in shared-address-space supported parallel systems. 07
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Q.7 (b) Briefly explain parallel algorithm of quick sort with example for shared address space parallel computer. 07Q.8 (a) Elaborate Cannon’s algorithm for matrix-matrix multiplication. 07
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Q.8 (b) Explain One-to-All Broadcast and All-to-One Reduction operations. 07
Q.9 (a) Discuss cache coherence in multiprocessor systems. 07
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Date: 27/10/2020
Total Marks: 56
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