9.2.6 - Clock Signal and Synchronization
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What is the primary role of a clock signal in a CPU?
💡 Hint: Think about coordination in team sports.
What is held in the instruction register?
💡 Hint: It directs the CPU on what action to take next.
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What does the control unit use to generate control signals?
💡 Hint: Think about where the CPU gets instructions from.
True or False: The timing diagram shows the sequence of operations during clock pulses.
💡 Hint: What visual representation helps to understand process timelines?
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Design a hypothetical clock cycle and explain how it would manage multiple instructions executed in a CPU.
💡 Hint: Consider how many phases the instruction cycle has.
Given a specific opcode and its corresponding function (like ADD), diagram the expected timing sequence when the operation is executed in a CPU.
💡 Hint: Break it down into steps based on the microinstruction.
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