Practice Clock Cycles And Time Calculation (15.8.2) - Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect

Practice: Clock Cycles and Time Calculation

Lesson 15.8.2Computer Organization and Architecture: A Pedagogical Aspect

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Question 1.
What are the two main phases of the instruction cycle?
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Think about the sequence of processing in a CPU.
Question 2.
What is the purpose of the Program Counter?
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It helps in managing the execution sequence.
3Question 3.
What are the two main phases of instruction execution?
- Fetch and Store
- Fetch and Execute
- Execute and Write
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Recall the basic operations involved in a CPU.
4Question 4.
True or False: The Instruction Register holds the next instruction to be executed.
- True
- False
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Consider the roles of different registers in a CPU.
Question 5.
Calculate the total execution time for a processor running at 2 GHz that executes 10 instructions, each requiring 4 clock cycles.
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Remember to convert clock frequency into time per cycle.
Question 6.
If a processor can address 16K memory locations, how many bits does the address bus use?
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Think about the binary representation required.

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