19.1.3 - External and Internal Signals
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What is the role of control signals in a CPU?
💡 Hint: Think about how instructions are executed.
What does the term 'external signals' refer to?
💡 Hint: Consider what informs the CPU from memory or devices.
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What is the main role of control signals in a CPU?
💡 Hint: Remember their function.
True or False: External signals can influence the state transitions of a finite state machine.
💡 Hint: Think about how orders from outside the CPU might affect internal processes.
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Design a simple finite state machine for an instruction that loads data from memory. Identify the external and internal signals involved.
💡 Hint: Draw out the state transitions involved to visualize the process.
Evaluate how system performance can be affected by the variability in response time of external signals.
💡 Hint: Consider the implications of waiting cycles in a real-world processing task.
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