9.1.5 - Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
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Practice Questions
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What is the primary function of the control unit in the CPU?
💡 Hint: Think about the role in managing instruction execution.
Define what an opcode is.
💡 Hint: Recall how it relates to instructions.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the main role of the control unit?
💡 Hint: Think about its function in the CPU.
True or False: Timing diagrams are used to show the flow of data within the CPU.
💡 Hint: Consider what these diagrams actually represent.
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Challenge Problems
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Illustrate a complete sequence of operations for a CPU instruction, detailing how control signals manage data transfer between components.
💡 Hint: Consider breaking the instruction sequence into smaller parts; visualize connections between the ALU, registers, and memory.
Analyze a system with a given clock speed and predict its performance impact on microinstructions.
💡 Hint: Think about how synchronization fails at high speeds.
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