Practice - Decode Cycle
Practice Questions
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What is an opcode?
💡 Hint: Think about what tells the CPU what to do.
What does addressing mode determine?
💡 Hint: Relate it to where the CPU looks for data.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does the opcode in an instruction specify?
💡 Hint: Remember, it's the command part of the instruction.
True or False: The addressing mode can influence where operands are loaded from.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when fetching values.
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Challenge Problems
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You are tasked with designing a microprogram for an instruction set. How would you include operand fetching using different addressing modes? Describe your approach.
💡 Hint: Think about the nature of operand determination based on addressing.
Explain how timing might affect the decode cycle's efficiency and how you would mitigate any potential issues.
💡 Hint: Consider how timing synchronization helps.
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