B.E. (Computer Engineering) Seventh Semester (C.B.S.

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Advanced Microprocessors & Microcontrollers

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Time : Three Hours *1821* Max. Marks : 80
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Notes : 1. Solve Question 1 OR Questions No. 2.
2. Solve Question 3 OR Questions No. 4.
3. Solve Question 5 OR Questions No. 6.
4. Solve Question 7 OR Questions No. 8.
5. Solve Question 9 OR Questions No. 10.
6. Solve Question 11 OR Questions No. 12.
7. Assume suitable data whenever necessary.

1. a) Explain program status word of IC 80386. 6

b) Explain the important features of 80286, 80386 and 80486 microprocessors. 7

OR

2. a) Sketch & explain the paging mechanism in detail. 7

b) Describe in detail protection mechanism. 6

3. a) Draw & explain the architecture of Pentium with neat diagram. Also explain the features. 10

b) Explain RISC features of Pentium. 4

OR

4. a) Explain superscalar architecture properties of Pentium. 7

b) Explain in detail performance issues in pipelining system. 7

5. a) Explain the programming model of Pentium processor. 7

b) Describe in detail Pentium flag register. 6

OR

6. a) Explain the following Extended instruction set in advance Pentium processor. 7

1) Pentium III SSE. 2) Streaming SIMD execution.

b) Explain data types supported by Pentium processor. 6

7. a) Write a program to convert binary 32-bit number to decimal number using Pentium 7
instructions.

b) What is subroutine? Explain Pentium instructions needed to execute subroutine. 6

OR

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8. a) Explain any six bit manipulation instructions with examples. 7

b) Explain any four processor control instructions. 6

9. a) Explain on chip data memory & program memory organization of 8051 microcontroller. 7

b) Differentiate between Microprocessor & Microcontroller. 6

OR

10. a) Explain the interrupt structure of 8051 microcontroller. 6

b) Draw & discuss the formats of PSW, IP & IE registers of the 8051 microcontroller. 7

11. a) Explain RALU in microcontroller 8096. 7

b) Explain the salient features of 8096 microcontroller. 7

OR

12. Write short note on: 14

a) Interrupt structure of 8096 microcontroller.

b) Memory organization of IC 8096.

c) Watchdog timer.

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