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Single-Cycle and Multi-Cycle Datapath & Control
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From ISA to hardware: building a single-cycle processor, then multi-cycle, including control signals, critical path, and why multi-cycle improves utilization. Prerequisite thinking before pipelining.
Goal
Draw and explain a single-cycle and multi-cycle datapath for a RISC ISA subset; generate control signals (hardwired); compute cycle time and CPI and contrast with single-cycle.
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