Practice Capturing Memory Data (mdr From Memory) (5.2.1.3) - Control Unit Design
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Capturing Memory Data (MDR from Memory)

Practice - Capturing Memory Data (MDR from Memory)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does the MAR do during the instruction fetch cycle?

💡 Hint: Think about where the CPU looks to find the instruction.

Question 2 Easy

Which control signal is used to capture data in the MDR?

💡 Hint: This signal occurs after memory reads.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is the purpose of the Memory Data Register (MDR)?

To hold data being stored to memory
To hold data being read from memory
To direct operations

💡 Hint: Think about the role of the MDR in the fetch cycle.

Question 2

True or False: The Program Counter (PC) directly accesses memory to retrieve instructions.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider how addresses are structured in CPU operations.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a flowchart illustrating the sequence of operations performed by the Control Unit to fetch an instruction from memory.

💡 Hint: Consider each step of the fetch process.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how timing issues could potentially lead to miscommunication in a multi-core CPU when fetching instructions.

💡 Hint: Think about how each core must interact and how timing affects communication.

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