Practice Clock Cycles And Time Calculation (15.8.2) - Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect
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Clock Cycles and Time Calculation

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Question 1 Easy

What are the two main phases of the instruction cycle?

💡 Hint: Think about the sequence of processing in a CPU.

Question 2 Easy

What is the purpose of the Program Counter?

💡 Hint: It helps in managing the execution sequence.

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Question 1

What are the two main phases of instruction execution?

Fetch and Store
Fetch and Execute
Execute and Write

💡 Hint: Recall the basic operations involved in a CPU.

Question 2

True or False: The Instruction Register holds the next instruction to be executed.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the roles of different registers in a CPU.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Calculate the total execution time for a processor running at 2 GHz that executes 10 instructions, each requiring 4 clock cycles.

💡 Hint: Remember to convert clock frequency into time per cycle.

Challenge 2 Hard

If a processor can address 16K memory locations, how many bits does the address bus use?

💡 Hint: Think about the binary representation required.

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