Practice - Coordination and Synchronization
Practice Questions
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What does the Control Unit (CU) do?
💡 Hint: Think about its role as the 'brain' of the CPU.
Define a micro-operation.
💡 Hint: What is the smallest task the CPU can perform?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the main function of the Control Unit in a CPU?
💡 Hint: Think about what directs the data flow in the CPU.
True or False: Micro-operations can be interrupted.
💡 Hint: What does atomic mean in this context?
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Challenge Problems
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Design a flowchart that describes the fetch-decode-execute cycle, indicating the role of control signals at each step.
💡 Hint: Consider how each part of the cycle interacts and the information flow.
Analyze a scenario where a race condition might occur if synchronization fails and propose a solution to mitigate this issue.
💡 Hint: Think about common strategies used in programming to handle concurrency.
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