Quiz 1 Flashcards
(11 cards)
Registers
A group of flip flops used to store and manipulate data
Flip flops
An electronic circuit with 2 stable states used to store data
Multiplexer
Combinational Logic circuit used to select one of several inputs to forward it to single output
Computer
Device that stored memory, executes intructions and putputs result from input
Software
Set of instructions to tell computer what to do
Who executes those set of instructions?
Central Processing Unit
ALU
Arithemetic Logic Unit, Combinational Logic circuit that carries out mathematical functions
MMU
Memory Management Unit, hardware that manages memory access
RV32IMAC
Supports Internal Operations
Program Counter (PC)
Holds what step we are on right now
What is the largest number we can represent by 32 bits?
2^32 -1