Reading Assignment
Chapter 4, section 4.2, 4.6
Thought Questions
4.2
- How many signals do we need to control the data path presented in class last time?
- What determines the length of the ADDR and COND fields of the micro-instruction format?
- What signals might we want to use as inputs to our micro-sequencing logic unit? How long would our COND field need to be?
- How realistic is it to assume that memory read or write will take the same time as two micro-instructions?
Homework Solutions
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