Practice - Opcode Extraction
Practice Questions
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What is an opcode?
💡 Hint: Think about the action the CPU needs to take.
What does the control unit do?
💡 Hint: Focus on what it orchestrates in the CPU.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does the opcode indicate?
💡 Hint: Consider what part of the instruction focuses on what the CPU needs to do.
True or False: The control unit manages the execution of all machine instructions.
💡 Hint: Contemplate the role of the CU in relation to instruction fetching and execution.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a simple CPU instruction set with five different opcodes. Describe their functions and in what scenarios they would be used.
💡 Hint: Think about common mathematical operations and how they relate to memory access.
Analyze the potential performance impact of using a microprogrammed control unit versus a hardwired control unit in a CPU.
💡 Hint: Consider which types of tasks may benefit from each architecture.
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