Practice - Functionality of Memory-Mapped I/O
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Practice Questions
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What does memory-mapped I/O mean?
💡 Hint: Think about how the CPU communicates with devices.
What is polling in the context of I/O?
💡 Hint: What does the CPU do to know if a device is ready?
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Interactive Quizzes
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What technique uses the same address space for memory and I/O?
💡 Hint: Recall the major types of I/O operations.
True or False: Polling is an efficient way for the CPU to handle I/O devices.
💡 Hint: Consider the CPU's resource usage while polling.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a simple series of control commands required to interface a temperature sensor with the CPU using memory-mapped I/O.
💡 Hint: Think about how you would cycle through the operations of asking for the temperature.
Compare and contrast the advantages of memory-mapped I/O over isolated I/O in a specific use case scenario.
💡 Hint: Identify scenarios where speed vs. capacity is prioritized.
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