1. Components and Performance of Processors (A Level Only)

Instructions

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all the questions.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 9
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).

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• Read each question carefully before you start your answer

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The following is a program written using the Little Man Computer instruction set.

Explain, giving an example, how pipelining in a CPU could speed up the execution of this program (3 marks)

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2

Describe one issue the line BRP start may cause for a CPU using pipelining (2 Marks)

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1

Pipelining is one factor that affects the performance of a CPU. Identify one other factor (1 Mark)

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3

A Little Man Computer (LMC) assembly language program is stored in memory as shown in Fig. 3.1.

In this variant of LMC the symbols & and # are used to denote different modes of addressing. Explain how pipelining would help a CPU execute the code in Fig. 3.1 more quickly (3 Marks)

1. Components and Performance of Processors (A Level Only)

The following is a program written using the Little Man Computer instruction set.Explain, giving an example, how pipelining in a CPU could speed up the execution of this program (3 marks)

Describe one issue the line BRP start may cause for a CPU using pipelining (2 Marks)

Pipelining is one factor that affects the performance of a CPU. Identify one other factor (1 Mark)

A Little Man Computer (LMC) assembly language program is stored in memory as shown in Fig. 3.1.In this variant of LMC the symbols & and # are used to denote different modes of addressing. Explain how pipelining would help a CPU execute the code in Fig. 3.1 more quickly (3 Marks)

The following is a program written using the Little Man Computer instruction set.Explain, giving an example, how pipelining in a CPU could speed up the execution of this program (3 marks)

Describe one issue the line BRP start may cause for a CPU using pipelining (2 Marks)

Pipelining is one factor that affects the performance of a CPU. Identify one other factor (1 Mark)

A Little Man Computer (LMC) assembly language program is stored in memory as shown in Fig. 3.1.In this variant of LMC the symbols & and # are used to denote different modes of addressing. Explain how pipelining would help a CPU execute the code in Fig. 3.1 more quickly (3 Marks)

The following is a program written using the Little Man Computer instruction set.

Explain, giving an example, how pipelining in a CPU could speed up the execution of this program (3 marks)

A Little Man Computer (LMC) assembly language program is stored in memory as shown in Fig. 3.1.

In this variant of LMC the symbols & and # are used to denote different modes of addressing. Explain how pipelining would help a CPU execute the code in Fig. 3.1 more quickly (3 Marks)

The following is a program written using the Little Man Computer instruction set.

Explain, giving an example, how pipelining in a CPU could speed up the execution of this program (3 marks)

A Little Man Computer (LMC) assembly language program is stored in memory as shown in Fig. 3.1.

In this variant of LMC the symbols & and # are used to denote different modes of addressing. Explain how pipelining would help a CPU execute the code in Fig. 3.1 more quickly (3 Marks)