10.6 - Final Thoughts on Single Bus Architecture
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Practice Questions
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What role does the control bus play in a single bus architecture?
💡 Hint: Think about what each bus does.
Define contention in the context of bus architecture.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when multiple senders are active.
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What does the control bus do in a computer system?
💡 Hint: Consider what signals are essential in architecture.
True or False: Contentation is beneficial for data transfer in single bus architecture.
💡 Hint: Recall definitions of contention.
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Illustrate and explain how you would design a bus architecture to minimize contention and optimize data flow.
💡 Hint: Think through all steps of data management and how to orchestrate operation timing.
You have two registers attempting to send data simultaneously. Describe the potential issues and how you can resolve them.
💡 Hint: Focus on the outputs and decision-making process involved.
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