Practice Designing Control Steps for Different Instructions - 13.3.3 | 13. Instruction Fetch and Execution | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 2
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Designing Control Steps for Different Instructions

13.3.3 - Designing Control Steps for Different Instructions

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Question 1 Easy

What does the Program Counter (PC) do?

💡 Hint: Think about where instructions come from.

Question 2 Easy

Name the register that holds the current instruction in execution.

💡 Hint: Find out which register holds the instruction.

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Question 1

What is the first step in executing an instruction?

Load instruction from memory
Increment the Program Counter
Fetch data from registers

💡 Hint: Consider which action comes before fetching the instruction.

Question 2

True or False: The Memory Address Register (MAR) holds instructions.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the role of MAR during instruction execution.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a control signal flow chart for the instruction LOAD R2, M.

💡 Hint: Start with noting down the sequence of actions taken from the PC to the registers.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how a conditional instruction like JUMP affects the control steps designed for instructions.

💡 Hint: Think about control flow and how condition affects execution path.

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