CS 61C (Fall 2007)

Quiz 19

Five questions, submit as "quiz19".  Due 2:45pm before lecture 10/12/2007.


For all of the below questions, please reference this list of categories.
  1. ISA - Instruction Set Architecture
  2. Processor
  3. Circuit
  4. Combinational Logic
  5. Register
For each thing listed below, list all of the above "categories" into which that thing fits. More than one may apply.
Be sure to format your answers properly, e.g. by looking at our template.txt as the readers will no longer be reviewing quiz answers. The autograder scores will be final for quizzes from now on.
  1. MIPS
  2. The MIPS-based CPU in a Sony Playstation2
  3. The implementation of $a0
  4. An adder


5.

What is the relationship between the clock period (Tck) and the combinational delay (Tdly) of a combinational circuit in a synchronous digital system:
  1. Unknown
  2. Tck < Tdly
  3. Tck = Tdly
  4. Tck > Tdly