13.3 - CPU Architecture and Instruction Control
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Practice Questions
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What does the Program Counter (PC) do?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens between instructions.
What is the Instruction Register (IR) used for?
💡 Hint: Recall its role during the instruction cycle.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the main purpose of the Program Counter (PC)?
💡 Hint: It keeps track of what comes next in the instruction sequence.
True or False: The Instruction Register (IR) is involved in fetching instructions from memory.
💡 Hint: Think about the role of IR during the instruction cycle.
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Describe how you might implement a new instruction 'SUBTRACT' at the architecture level, including necessary control signals and registers involved.
💡 Hint: Focus on how data moves and how control signals are influenced by the new operation.
Explain how pipelining could be applied to the instruction cycle in CPUs and what benefits it would bring.
💡 Hint: Consider the continuous flow of instructions through different CPU stages.
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