Practice Storage Elements (19.2) - Introduction to the CPU - Computer Organisation and Architecture

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Question 1.
What is the purpose of the ALU?
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Think about what calculations are done in a CPU.
Question 2.
Name one specialized register.
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Consider registers that hold specific data or directions.
3Question 3.
What does the ALU stand for?
- Arithmetic Logical Unit
- Arithmetic Logic Usage
- Arithmetic Logic Unit
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Focus on the operations it performs!
4Question 4.
True or False: The Memory Data Register holds the address of the data being accessed.
- True
- False
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Think about what the MDR contains.
Question 5.
Design a small CPU architecture with at least five general-purpose registers and demonstrate using an instruction flow how an addition operation is performed using the ALU.
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Outline the data flow broadly as it moves through registers and the ALU.
Question 6.
Propose potential performance enhancements for a CPU, detailing how changing registers or ALU configurations could improve speed and efficiency.
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Consider how resource allocation can affect processing time.

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