Practice Conclusion And Assignment Questions (8.3) - Fetch Stage - Computer Organisation and Architecture

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Question 1.
Define micro instruction.
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Think about the smallest operations in instruction execution.
Question 2.
What is clock grouping?
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Consider how we can save time in processing.
3Question 3.
What is a micro instruction?
- A single instruction in an assembly language
- An atomic operation in instruction execution
- A type of high-level instruction
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Think about the fundamental operations involved.
4Question 4.
Clock grouping optimizes instruction execution.
- True
- False
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Consider benefits of merging tasks.
Question 5.
Describe a scenario where not following the sequence of micro instructions results in a system error. What micro instructions would be ignored, and what would be the outcome?
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Consider how dependencies can affect sequence.
Question 6.
Propose an alternative approach to reduce the number of time steps in the instruction cycle. Explain why it would work effectively.
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Think about how tasks can run independently.

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