Practice Micro-operations: Elementary Operations Performed By The Cpu In One Clock Cycle (5.1.2)
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Micro-operations: Elementary Operations Performed by the CPU in One Clock Cycle

Practice - Micro-operations: Elementary Operations Performed by the CPU in One Clock Cycle

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a micro-operation?

💡 Hint: Think about the basic operations a CPU can perform.

Question 2 Easy

What is atomicity in micro-operations?

💡 Hint: Consider how operations must be timed to finish together.

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Question 1

What is a micro-operation?

The smallest action a CPU can perform
A complete instruction set
An undo operation

💡 Hint: Consider what constitutes the base actions of a CPU.

Question 2

True or False: External micro-operations interact only within the CPU.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about where the data is moved to.

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Challenge 1 Hard

How would a failure to execute control signals correctly affect CPU operations? Discuss both internal and external impacts.

💡 Hint: Consider how important timing is for CPU function.

Challenge 2 Hard

Describe a scenario where atomicity in micro-operations is critical and the potential consequences if it were not adhered to.

💡 Hint: Think about what happens when two operations happen too close in time.

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