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30.2.2. Differences in Bus Architecture for Load Instruction
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What is a bus in computing?
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Think about how components communicate.
- 2.
What is the role of the Program Counter?
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What guides the CPU on what to do next?
- 3.
What does the Program Counter do?
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What part of the CPU directs instruction flow?
- 4.
Multiple bus architectures are primarily beneficial for:
- A. Single data transfer
- B. Simultaneous data transfer
- C. Longer execution time
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Think about how buses function.
- 5.
Design a hypothetical scenario where a three-bus architecture may not outperform a single bus architecture.
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Examine how instruction fetch impacts performance.
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Propose an improvement that could enhance the efficiency of single bus architectures.
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Think about how we schedule operations.
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