Practice Processor Organization (internal Structure) (3.1) - Processor Organization and Data Representation
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Processor Organization (Internal Structure)

Practice - Processor Organization (Internal Structure)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does the Control Unit do?

💡 Hint: Remember IDE: Instruction Fetch, Decode, and Execute.

Question 2 Easy

What is the main function of the ALU?

💡 Hint: Think of it as the 'calculator' of the CPU.

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Question 1

What is the role of the Control Unit in the CPU?

A. To perform arithmetic operations
B. To fetch and decode instructions
C. To manage external devices
D. To store large quantities of data

💡 Hint: Focus on what orchestrates CPU operations.

Question 2

True or False: The ALU can perform logical operations.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall what definitions you learned.

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Challenge 1 Hard

You are tasked with designing a simple instruction set for a CPU that includes operations for loading a value into a register and adding two registers. How would you define the RTL for these operations?

💡 Hint: Think of how data moves in the CPU.

Challenge 2 Hard

Analyze the impact of using a larger number of registers in a CPU. How would this design choice affect performance and programming efficiency?

💡 Hint: Consider the trade-offs between speed and complexity.

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