9.1.1 - Prof. Jatindra Kr. Deka
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Practice Questions
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What is a microinstruction?
💡 Hint: Think about what the CPU executes.
What does the control bus do?
💡 Hint: Consider paths of communication.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What function do microinstructions serve in a CPU?
💡 Hint: Think about the smallest command the CPU can process.
True or False: The control unit only uses internal signals to operate.
💡 Hint: Consider interactions with memory and I/O.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a scenario where a CPU faces a race condition due to timing mismanagement of control signals. Explain how it happened, and propose a solution.
💡 Hint: Focus on how synchronization issues arise in operation timing.
Analyze how failure in flag signaling could impact the control unit's decision-making during a conditional jump scenario.
💡 Hint: Consider the result of previous operations affecting current decisions.
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