Practice - Bus Architectures: The Pathways of Digital Communication
Practice Questions
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What is a bus in computing?
💡 Hint: Think about it as the road for data.
Name two types of bus architectures.
💡 Hint: These are named after famous computer scientists.
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What defines a Single Bus Architecture?
💡 Hint: Think about how many paths there are for data in this architecture.
True or False: The Harvard Architecture allows simultaneous access for instructions and data.
💡 Hint: Consider what parallel processing means in this context.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a scenario where a microcontroller operates at high speeds and performs numerous calculations, determine whether a Harvard or Von Neumann architecture would be more suitable. Justify your answer.
💡 Hint: Think about processing multiple tasks at once.
Design a simplistic microcomputer system using either architecture and explain how you would mitigate the bottleneck issue in the design.
💡 Hint: Consider the configuration of buses and how separating them could help.
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