Practice Addressing Techniques and Control Unit Design - 4 | 4. Addressing Techniques and Control Unit Design | Computer and Processor Architecture
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is immediate addressing?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think of an example where you see an operand like a fixed number.

Question 2

Easy

Give an example of register addressing.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the operation that adds values stored in registers.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is the main function of the control unit?

  • Generates data
  • Manages instruction execution
  • Stores data

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the part of the CPU that controls the flow of data and instructions.

Question 2

True or False: Microprogrammed control units are faster than hardwired control units.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider which type of unit might be simpler in terms of design.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

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.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how different instruction formats might affect the structure of your control unit.

Question 2

Explain a scenario where indexed addressing provides an advantage over direct addressing in a programming context.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how you'd access multiple elements in a data structure at once.

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