Practice - Components of ISA
Practice Questions
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What is the purpose of an instruction format?
💡 Hint: Think about the components of an instruction.
Name one example of an addressing mode.
💡 Hint: Remember if the operand is part of the instruction itself.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What defines the organization of bits in an instruction?
💡 Hint: Think of how different parts of an instruction work together.
True or False: Addressing modes determine how instructions are executed.
💡 Hint: Focus on what affects execution efficiency.
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Challenge Problems
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Create your own instruction format that could potentially be more efficient than current standards, explaining your choices based on addressing modes and instruction types.
💡 Hint: Consider how your design reduces complexity.
Analyze a specific CPU architecture and evaluate how its addressing modes affect performance operationally in application scenarios.
💡 Hint: Use examples from real-world applications to bolster your analysis.
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