Practice - Microprogrammed Control - Basic Concepts
Practice Questions
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What is the main advantage of microprogrammed control?
💡 Hint: Think about how these systems can adapt to new requirements.
Define a microinstruction.
💡 Hint: What is the smallest unit in microprogramming?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What best describes a microinstruction?
💡 Hint: Focus on what structure is used in a microprogram.
True or False: Microprogrammed control is more flexible than hardwired control.
💡 Hint: Consider how easily changes can be made.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a microprogram for a simple instruction set with ADD, SUB, and LOAD. What microinstructions would you include?
💡 Hint: Think about the individual steps of each instruction.
If a microinstruction takes 5 clock cycles to execute, how does this affect the overall performance of a CPU using a microprogrammed control compared to a hardwired design?
💡 Hint: Consider access times for control memory.
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