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1 Explain Mealy and Moore sequential machines.

2 Compare RISC and CISC architectures.

3 Explain i) Controller Architecture ii) Data path Architecture

4 Explain Parallel Architecture.

5 Discuss i) Hierarchical concurrent FSM ii) Program state machine.

6 Explain Rate monotonic scheduling.

7 What is Aptix switch? What are the achievements of these switches in co-design?

8 Explain with a neat sketch the general structure of an emulation system?

9 Explain prototyping environment examples.

10 Explicate the component specialization techniques.

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11 Explain VLIW and RISC with hardwired control with an example?

12 Explain about process synchronization.

13 Illustrate the detail about the different types of Co-Design model Languages.

14 Identify and explain the optimized architecture to achieve

short clock cycles and efficient pipelining of instruction steams with a neat sketch?

15 Explain about the generic co-design methodology of the hardware and software co design?

16 Concurrency is a necessary feature of any system language. Explain various classifications of

concurrency?

17 Define a heterogeneous model that integrates an HCFSM with a programming language paradigm
with an example.

18 Illustrate a heterogeneous multiprocessor with a neat sketch?

19 Explain Programming Constructs?

20 Explain the following. i) Programming Constructs ii) Behavioral Completion iii) Exception Handling.

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21 Examine the steps in High level Synthesis.
22 What is meant by prototyping? Explain.

23 Define Interface? What it implements in the case of onchip communication.

24 Explain the non-functional constraints.

25 Explain emulation environments.

26 Explain EDF scheduling.

27 Elaborate system specialization.

28 Explain prototyping and emulation techniques.

29 Discuss the future developments in emulation and prototyping

30 Draw the block diagram of 8051 micro controller and explain.

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31 Explain ADSP21060 SHARC.

32 Which type of systems are termed as the data dominated

systems explain with an example.

33 Explain the system communication infrastructure.

34 Illustrate the Target Architectures and application system classes.

35 Compare Microcontrollers and Microprocessors.

36 Explain the architecture for control dominated systems.

37 Explain with a neat sketch the architecture for control dominated systems.

38 Explicate about Compilation Technologies.

39 Explain the basic categories of emerging architectures & the reuse of programmable blocks integrated
videophone .Modern Embedded Architecture.

40 Write about emerging architectures & TCEC MMDSP for MPEG audio applications.

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41 Explain in detail about the architecture in multimedia, wireless and telecommunication.

42List the traditional steps in compilation and explain.

43 Explain 8051 microcontroller architecture with neat diagram.

44 Discuss in detail the needs of embedded software development.

45 Define four levels of coding styles for C & Explain the retargetable compiler concept.
46 Briefly explain about Modern Embedded Architectures.

47 Explain the following i) Design Tool Requirements ii) Retargetable Compiler Concept.

48 Explain the architecture for data dominated systems.

49 Explain the Intel 8051 address space.

50 Explain TMS320C80 MVP.

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51 Identify the four basic concepts of system specifications and explain them in detail.

52 Justify the transformations involved in obtaining a hardware/software partition.

53 What is meant by system – level specification? Explain in detail the Design Representation for system
level synthesis.

54 With a neat sketch explain the language oriented vs. architecture oriented intermediate forms.

55 Describe the three kinds of formal verification used at different stages of design process.

56 Discuss design specification and verification methodologies.

57 With a neat sketch explain the COSYMA architecture.

58 Explain C-VHDL Specifications.

59 Write short notes on verification tools and interface verification.

60 Explain Overview of LYCOS System.

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61 Describe the co design computational model and its requirement in detail?

62 Define concurrency? The concurrency abstraction covers a number of different situations. State with
examples.

63 State the problems encountered by the software tool designers when adapting traditional
compilation model to embedded processors.

64 State and Explain i) concurrency in standard languages, ii) synchronous and asynchronous
computations with example.

65 Describe about Coordinating Concurrent Computations. With example.

66 Describe the concept of interfacing component with an example & short note on implementation
verification.

67 What is the importance of Non-Determinism? How many formal verification types available in co-
design? Explain them.
68 Illustrate implementation verification with neat Diagram.

69 Explain the following. i) Design ii) Co-design iii) Co design computational model.

70Write about Multi-Language Co-Simulation.