Practice - Addressing Techniques and Control Unit Design
Practice Questions
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What is immediate addressing?
💡 Hint: Think of an example where you see an operand like a fixed number.
Give an example of register addressing.
💡 Hint: Consider the operation that adds values stored in registers.
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What is the main function of the control unit?
💡 Hint: Think about the part of the CPU that controls the flow of data and instructions.
True or False: Microprogrammed control units are faster than hardwired control units.
💡 Hint: Consider which type of unit might be simpler in terms of design.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a microprogrammed control unit for a hypothetical CPU architecture that needs to handle complex instruction sets. Describe the approach and produce a simple flowchart of its operations.
💡 Hint: Think about how different instruction formats might affect the structure of your control unit.
Explain a scenario where indexed addressing provides an advantage over direct addressing in a programming context.
💡 Hint: Think about how you'd access multiple elements in a data structure at once.
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