Practice - Program Counter and Memory Addressing
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Practice Questions
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What is the function of the Program Counter?
💡 Hint: What does the PC keep track of?
Which register temporarily holds data during the fetch cycle?
💡 Hint: Think of the buffer as a temporary holding place.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does the Program Counter do?
💡 Hint: Think about what it tracks.
True or False: The Memory Buffer Register holds the address of the next instruction.
💡 Hint: What does MBR stand for?
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Challenge Problems
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Discuss the implications of a faulty Program Counter. How could it affect a CPU's operation?
💡 Hint: What would happen if the PC always pointed to the same address?
Explain how the fetch cycle might differ in a multi-core CPU compared to a single-core CPU.
💡 Hint: How might sharing resources affect the fetch process in multi-core systems?
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