Computer Organization and Assembly Language (CSC-395)
Fall Semester-2014
Assignment No. 01
Total Marks: 05
Task 01 (2.5 marks)
1. What is the Intel Core microarchitecture?
2. Differentiate between 32-bit and 64-bit processors.
3. Compare Intel Core 2, Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 processors on the basis of:
 Clock rate
 Number of Cores
 Bus Speed
 Cache
 Applications
4. Comment on Intel’s 4th generation Core i7.
5. List the top ten CPU manufacturers of 2013.
Task 02 (2.5 marks)
1. Briefly explain the following representations: Sign Magnitude, Two’s complement.
2. Explain how to determine if a number is negative in the following representations: Sign
Magnitude, Two’s complement.
3. Assume numbers are represented in 8-bit Two’s complement representation. Show the
calculation of the following:
(i) 6+13 (ii) -6+13
(iii) 6-13
(iv)
-6-13
4. Represent the following decimal numbers in both binary sign/magnitude and twos
complement using 16 bits: +512, -29
5. Represent the following twos complement values in decimal: 1101011; 0101101.
6. What are the four essential elements of a number in floating-point notation?
7. Express the following numbers in IEEE 32-bit floating-point format:
a.
-5
b. -6
c. -1.5
d.
384
e.
1/16
8. The following numbers use the IEEE 32-bit floating-point format. What is the equivalent
decimal value?
a. 1 10000011 11000000000000000000000
b. 0 01111110 10100000000000000000000
c. 0 10000000 00000000000000000000000
9. What are the differences among positive overflow, exponent overflow, and significand
overflow?
10. What is the difference between an arithmetic shift and a logical shift?
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Form of Submission: Assignment must be Hand written
Date of Submission: 15-10-2014
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