Anna University Chennai 2010 M.E Computer Science and Engineering Cs 9223 — advanced system software/ember/ember - Question Paper

M.E. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2010
2nd Semester
Computer Science and Engineering
CS 9223 — ADVANCED SYSTEM SOFTWARE
(Regulation 2009)
Time : 3 hours Maximum : 100 Marks
ans ALL ques.

PART A — (10 × two = 20 Marks)

1. What is Lex compiler?
2. List the importance of device drivers.
3. Differentiate local symbol table from global symbol table.
4. What is ICAN for intermediate code?
5. describe Alias analysis.
6. What do you mean by local stack frame?
7. elaborate the 2 parts of a P-Code virtual machine?
8. State the features of CLI.
9. What do you mean by code-location problem?
10. Name the different classes of Grid users.

PART B — (5 × 16 = 80 Marks)

11. (a) (i) discuss the various phases of a compiler. (8)
(ii) explain the problems in the design of a code generator. (8)
Or
(b) (i) define the memory management strategies. (8)
(ii) discuss the dynamic binding of method calls to methods. (8)
12. (a) (i) discuss the structure of symbol table. (8)
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(ii) explain the features of high level, medium level and high level
languages. (8)
Or
(b) discuss the Optimization in detail. (16)
13. (a) discuss the leaf routine optimization and shrink wrapping. (16)
Or
(b) explain the following:
(i) Code scheduling (8)
(ii) Speculative scheduling (8)
14. (a) discuss the Java Virtual Machine architecture in detail. (16)
Or
(b) define the different garbage collectors. (16)
15. (a) (i) explain the instruction set problems of IA-32. (8)
(ii) discuss the migration of Virtual Machines in VMotion. (8)
Or
(b) (i) What is profiling? discuss the profiling during interpretation. (8)
(ii) explain the characteristics of an ideal grid. (8)

Earning:   Approval pending.