Practice Microprogrammed Control - Basic Concepts (5.4) - Control Unit Design
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Microprogrammed Control - Basic Concepts

Practice - Microprogrammed Control - Basic Concepts

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the main advantage of microprogrammed control?

💡 Hint: Think about how these systems can adapt to new requirements.

Question 2 Easy

Define a microinstruction.

💡 Hint: What is the smallest unit in microprogramming?

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Question 1

What best describes a microinstruction?

A detailed hardware logic circuit
The basic unit of a microprogram
A type of memory

💡 Hint: Focus on what structure is used in a microprogram.

Question 2

True or False: Microprogrammed control is more flexible than hardwired control.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider how easily changes can be made.

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Challenge 1 Hard

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.

Challenge 2 Hard

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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