6.2.3 - Design Control Signals
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What are control signals in the context of a CPU?
💡 Hint: Think about what directs the CPU's actions.
Define micro instructions.
💡 Hint: What do we call the instructions that are broken down from macro instructions?
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What role do control signals play in a CPU?
💡 Hint: Think about who tells the CPU what to do.
True or False: More buses in an architecture lead to reduced execution times.
💡 Hint: Consider how data travels through a CPU.
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Design a flowchart that outlines the control signal generation for a simple instruction that multiplies two numbers.
💡 Hint: Break it down into key operations just like in our earlier discussions.
Evaluate the differences in instruction execution timing between a single bus architecture and a three bus architecture.
💡 Hint: Think about how many processes can happen at once in each system.
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