Practice - Initiating Address Transfer (PC to MAR)
Practice Questions
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What does the Program Counter (PC) do?
💡 Hint: Think about what keeps track of instruction locations.
What is the purpose of the MAR in the CPU?
💡 Hint: Consider where addresses are temporarily kept during data access.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the role of the Program Counter (PC)?
💡 Hint: Recall what counter keeps track of instruction order.
True or False: The MAR is responsible for executing instructions.
💡 Hint: Think about what roles the MAR plays.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a Program Counter (PC) value of 2048, describe the step-wise process that occurs when the Control Unit initiates the address transfer to the MAR.
💡 Hint: Break down each control signal's action step by step.
Discuss how the efficiency of instruction fetching might be affected by overlapping operations such as PC incrementing and MAR loading. What are some potential drawbacks?
💡 Hint: Consider how timing affects operations in a CPU.
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