Practice Constructing Micro-program Components (23.6.2) - Vertical and Horizontal Micro-Programs

Practice: Constructing Micro-Program Components

Lesson 23.6.2Vertical and Horizontal Micro-Programs

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Question 1.
What is a micro-program?
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Think about how low-level programming relates to hardware control.
Question 2.
What does a decoder do?
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Remember the relationship between binary signals and control actions.
3Question 3.
What is the key advantage of vertical micro-programming?
- It allows multiple activations
- It saves memory
- It increases complexity
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Consider what vertical approaches aim to achieve.
4Question 4.
True or False: Horizontal micro-programming requires less memory than vertical micro-programming.
- True
- False
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Think about how memory allocation differs in both approaches.
Question 5.
Design a micro-program for a CPU that needs to perform adding and multiplying simultaneously without conflicts in control signals. Discuss how you would apply hybrid micro-programming principles.
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Think about how typical CPU operations interact.
Question 6.
Analyze a case where a purely vertical micro-program slowed a system down. Propose a solution using horizontal or hybrid methods.
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Evaluate the speed requirements versus memory constraints.

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