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Total No. of Questions : 6] SEAT No. :
P71 [Total No. of Pages : 1
APR-17/BE/Insem.-81
B.E. (Computer Engineering) (Semester - II)
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
(2012 Pattern)
Time : 1 Hour] [Max. Marks : 30
Instructions to the candidates:
1) Answer any three questions.
2) Neat diagrams must be drawn wherever necessary.
3) Assume suitable data if necessary.
Q1) a) What are applications of Parallel Computing? [4]
b) Explain basic working principal of VLIW processor. [6]
OR
Q2) a) Explain SIMD, MIMD and SIMT architecture. [6]
b) Write a short note on Dataflow Model. [4]
Q3) a) Explain Granularity, Concurrency, and Dependency Graph. [5]
b) What are the characteristics of Tasks and Interactions. [5]
OR
Q4) a) Explain Randomized block distribution and hierarchical mappings. [6]
b) Write a note on IBM Cell Broadband Engine (CBE). [4]
Q5) a) What are principles of Message Passing Programming. [4]
b) Write note on : Topologies and Embedding. [6]
OR
Q6) a) Explain Non-Blocking communications using MPI. [4]
b) Write short note on Blocking Message Passing Operations. [6]
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