Practice Understanding The Critical Path (6.3) - Final Project / Open-Ended Design Challenge
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Understanding the Critical Path

Practice - Understanding the Critical Path

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the critical path in a digital circuit?

💡 Hint: Think about it as the slow lane on a highway.

Question 2 Easy

Why is propagation delay important?

💡 Hint: Consider how time delays change the speed of operations within a circuit.

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Interactive Quizzes

Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning

Question 1

What determines the maximum speed of a digital circuit?

The shortest path
The longest delay path
The average delay

💡 Hint: Remember which path counts in terms of delays.

Question 2

True or False: The critical path can be changed through redesigning certain segments of a circuit.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the ways we can reduce delays.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given a schematic where multiple paths have similar delays, develop a strategy to identify the critical path effectively.

💡 Hint: Start by observing which path's delays account for longer durations.

Challenge 2 Hard

You have a circuit running at 100MHz, but your critical path indicates a maximum of 80MHz. Propose changes to achieve the faster speed.

💡 Hint: Look for ways to reduce paths or their complexity.

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