8.1.2 - Instruction Fetching
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Practice Questions
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What does the program counter do?
💡 Hint: Think about what the CPU needs to know to fetch instructions.
What is clock grouping?
💡 Hint: Consider how timing can optimize instruction fetches.
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What does the program counter do in the instruction fetching process?
💡 Hint: Think about what direction the CPU needs to go next.
True or False: Clock grouping optimizes the instruction fetching process by allowing all operations to occur at once.
💡 Hint: Consider how dependency affects timing.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a hypothetical instruction fetch cycle for an instruction requiring both immediate and non-immediate addressing modes. Outline each micro-instruction step involved.
💡 Hint: Think about how to alternate between direct data accesses and fetching from memory.
Create a detailed flowchart depicting the instruction fetching process illustrating clock grouping.
💡 Hint: Consider how each step connects and where timing optimizations may occur.
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