A microprogrammed control unit (MCU) is a digital circuit that controls the operations of a computer’s central processing unit (CPU). There are two main types … Read more
Hit ratio Hit ratio is a measure of how often a requested data item is found in a cache. It is defined as the ratio … Read more
Signed magnitude, signed 1’s complement, and signed 2’s complement are three methods of representing signed numbers in binary form. Signed magnitude Signed magnitude representation represents … Read more
Serial and parallel data transfer are two different methods of transmitting data from one device to another. Serial data transfer involves sending data one bit … Read more
In a computer system, there are several modes of data transfer between the central processing unit (CPU) and input/output (I/O) devices. These modes of transfer … Read more
To perform addition and subtraction in fixed-point arithmetic, you first align the decimal points of the two numbers. Then you add or subtract the two … Read more
An Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU) is a digital circuit that performs arithmetic and logical operations on binary data. The design of an ALU can … Read more
Instruction Format: Instruction format is the layout of a machine instruction that defines how the instruction is encoded in memory. The instruction format specifies the … Read more
RISC Architecture: Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) is a type of computer architecture that emphasizes the use of a small, highly optimized set of instructions. … Read more
Pipelining is a technique used in computer architecture to improve the performance of processors by enabling the parallel execution of multiple instructions. It breaks down … Read more