Practice Accumulator Based Processor (15.6.1) - Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect
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Accumulator Based Processor

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Question 1 Easy

What does the accumulator do in a processor?

💡 Hint: Think about what 'accumulate' means.

Question 2 Easy

Name the two phases of the instruction cycle.

💡 Hint: What do we do first when executing an instruction?

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Question 1

What is the purpose of the accumulator in a CPU?

To fetch instructions
To store results
To control execution

💡 Hint: Think about its role in processing.

Question 2

True or False: The Program Counter points to the next instruction in memory.

True
False

💡 Hint: What does a counter typically do?

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given an instruction '1940', elaborate how the processor would process this instruction step-by-step.

💡 Hint: Consider how the fetch and execute phases interact.

Challenge 2 Hard

Assuming you have the instruction '5941', how would you predict the effect on the accumulator after execution?

💡 Hint: Remember what the ADD operation does with the accumulator.

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