5.31 · exercise

Fill in the Blank: System Architecture

Fill in the missing terminology to construct accurate statements about the parts of a CPU, the clock that paces it, the register that tracks execution, and the marker that starts a comment in GAS.

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Name the part of the CPU that directs the execution of instructions.

CPU = ALU + registers +

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Start a comment at the end of an AArch64 assembly statement.

add x20, x20, x21 accumulate the next term

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Name the shape of the signal produced by the system clock.

system clock = wave

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Name the register that holds the address of the instruction being executed.

address of the currently executing instruction =