8.2 - Micro Operations
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Practice Questions
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What does micro operation refer to?
💡 Hint: Think of it as atomic steps in a larger process.
What is the role of the Program Counter?
💡 Hint: Consider it like a book's page number for instructions.
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What is the first step in the fetch stage?
💡 Hint: Think about what determines the address being accessed.
True or False: Clock grouping allows merging of dependent micro operations.
💡 Hint: Remember the condition under which instructions can overlap.
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Design a sequence of micro operations for the instruction 'ADD R1, R2, R3' considering clock grouping.
💡 Hint: Map out the steps and identify where optimizations can occur.
Explain the impact of having conflicting micro operations in the CPU and how clock grouping can mitigate this.
💡 Hint: Consider scenarios where data from one register is modified while another operation tries to read from it.
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