If a microprocessor can perform 4 million instructions per second, how many nanoseconds are required to execute an operation requiring three instructions?

Q: Suppose that a microprocessor operates at 5MHz. How long does the bus cycle occupy, assuming no wait…

A: Answer 800 ns

Q: What is the correct address range for a microprocessor with 42 address lines? a. 0000000000 -…

A: Actually, binary numbers are nothing but a 0's and 1's.

Q: The length of a computer instruction is 10 bits, and the size of an address field is 3 bits. FIFTEEN…

A: The length of a computer instruction is 10 bits, and the size of an addressfield is 3 bits. FIFTEEN…

Q: 1. A central processing unit (CPU) has the following hardware components: Program Counter (PC) •…

A: All registered CPU - connected to two internal buses Memory Bus

Q: Discuss and explain in your own words the difference between microprocessor and microcontroller.

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Q: Consider an 8-bit microprocessor performing an 8-bit arithmetic (all the internal registers are of…

A: The answer is

Q: A microprocessor has a data bus with 64 lines and an address bus with 32 lines. The maximum number…

A: In microprocessors the bits that can be stored depends on the number if address bus lines & data…

Q: In a RISC microprocessor instruction set such as our ARM processor, which of the following is not…

A: which of the following is not considered as a major group for the instructions in arm processor

Q: Consider a 32-bit microprocessor whose bus cycle is the same duration as that of a 16-bit…

A: The Answer is

Q: What exactly is a "reduced instruction set computer"?

A: When compared to complicated instruction set computers, the instruction set architecture (ISA) of a…

Q: What is the reachable memory space for a computer using a 12-bit address mechanism? What is the…

A: Given: We have to find the memory addressable space for the Computer using 12 - bits address. And…

Q: Consider a computer with cache, DRAM, HDD memory hierarchy. The hit rate of cache is 90% and DRAM is…

A: Given, Hit rate of cache = 90 % This implies hit ratio of cache = h1 = 0.9 Hit rate of DRAM = 95 %…

Q: A CPU has a 16-bit program counter. This means that the CPU can address: A 16K memory locations. B…

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Q: Consider a hypothetical microprocessor generating a 16-bit address (for example, assume that the…

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Q: Consider a 32 – bit microprocessor, with a 16 – bit external data bus, driven by an 8 MHz input…

A: Introduction :Given , A 32-bit microprocessor,Data bus size = 16 bits clock rate = 8MhzWe have to…

Q: The clock cycle time of a pipelined CPU is lower than that of a non-pipelined one, but what exactly…

A: Clock period: The clock period is also known as the cycle time. The duration of the cycle is…

Q: Suppose that A 8051 family CPU with 8K bytes on-chip ROM, please give the ROM memory address (6’).…

A: Answer The location of on-chip ROM is from 0000H to 1FFFH.The underlying location area is 0000H and…

Q: Consider a 32-bit microprocessor whose bus cycle is the same duration as that of a 16 bit…

A: The answer is given in the below step

Q: A computer has 512 MB (megabytes) of memory. Assum the memory is byte addressable, how many…

A: Answer : - 9 + 6 = 15

Q: A microprocessor can be categorized based on Storage and RAM O Instruction Set and Clock Speed O ROM…

A: 1. Answer: Instruction set and clock speed Explanation: Microprocessors are classified into five…

Q: The size of an address field in a computer instruction format is 3 bits, while the instruction…

A: The instruction format is a sequence of bits that the CPU's control unit can decode. The instruction…

Q: What is the correct address range for a microprocessor with 42 address a. 0000000000 - FFFFFFFFF b.…

A: Actually, binary numbers are nothing but a 0's and 1's.

Q: A computer has 170 different operations. Word size is 4 bytes and each instructions requires one…

A: Size of word = 4Bytes = 32 bit No of the register = 37 so 6 bits needed for this field No of…

Q: demonstrates the operation of the 8259 . microprocessor

A: Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) microprocessor is the name given to the 8259 microprocessor.…

Q: Assume a CPU has 24-bit address bus and 20-bit data bus. What is the largest memory size that can be…

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Q: Consider a microprocessor generating a 16-bit address (and assume that the program counter and the…

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Q: A non-pipelined CPU's clock cycle

A: A non-pipelined CPU (also called a parallel processor or a parallel processor) is a CPU that…

Q: Consider a 32-bit microprocessor whose bus cycle is the same duration as that of a 16-bit…

A: Calculate the improvement achieved when fetching instructions and operands with the 32-bit…

Q: Consider a 32-bit microprocessor whose bus cycle is the same duration as that of a 16-bit…

A: Calculate the improvement achieved when fetching instructions and operands: Assuming with 100%…

Q: Distinguish between microprocessor designs with a RISC or CISC instruction set (complex instruction…

A: R.I.S.C.-Reduced Instruction Set Computer: A computer with a limited instruction set and a highly…

Q: Discuss the functional operation of microprocessor

A: The microprocessor controls all the functions of the central processing unit of a computer or other…

Q: Consider a hypothetical microprocessor having 32-bit instructions composed of two fields: the first…

A: 1) In 32-bit instructions, the first byte is the opcode. So, first 8 bits= opcode (1 byte = 8 bits)…

Q: The average number of machine cycles per instruction is 5.8. What is the clock rate (machine cycles…

A: When an interrupt fires, the microprocessor executes an interrupt service routine (ISR) that has…

Q: Doubling the Address Bus size of a microprocessor from N to 2N bits Will necessarily boost its…

A: Actually, microprocessor is a used to processing the elements.

Q: How many memory locations can be addressed by a microprocessor with 8 address lines? O08KB

A: Number of address lines is 8 bit.

Q: A microprocessor employs 8KB of RAM and 4KB of ROM. If the RAM chip and ROM chip used are 1K 8 bit…

A: The RAM chip used is 1K 8 bit . So it have the capacity of 1KB. (1 Byte= 8 bits) The microprocessor…

Q: If a processor has a frequency of 3 GHz, the clock ticks 3 billion times in a second – as we’ll soon…

A: Please check the step 2 for solution

Q: Why is it easier to pipeline a RISC CPU than a CISC processor?

A: Intro Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC): In this computer, the Instruction Set Architecture…

Q: What does the “reduced” in reduced instruction set computer really mean?

A: Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC): In this computer, the instruction set architecture (ISA)…

Q: Write a single instruction that will load BX from address [E120H] and ES from address [1E22H]

A: For first instruction to move value stored in memory location E120H to BX register using mov…

Q: 1. Memory unit is a Collection of flag registers used to store the information as a decimal number.…

A: As per company guidelines we are suppose to answer only first 3 subparts of the question. Kindly…

Q: If a microprocessor has a 24 address lines and 16 data lines, then the memory address space of this…

A: Given address lines=24 Data lines=16

Q: An n-bit microprocessor has a. n-bit program counter b. n-bit address register c. n-bit ALU d.…

A: Required:   An n-bit microprocessor has a. n-bit program counter b. n-bit address register…

Q: A digital computer has a memory unit with 24 bits per word. The instruction set consists of 150…

A: Maximum allowable size The size of the words present in memory unit is 24 bits or 3 bytes. The…

Q: Suppose a processor executes 12 instructions.  Each of these instructions required 5 clock pulses to…

A: 1) Total instruction processor executes is 12 2) Each instruction takes 5 clock cycle 3) Total clock…

Q: If a program runs for 2 billion clock cycles on a 1.5 GHz processor, what is the execution time in…

A: answer in step 2

Q: Suppose a computer has 32-bit instructions. The instruction set consists of 64 different operations.…

A: This is related to computer organization and architecture.