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ECE3073 Computer Systems Practice Questions Responding To Events

This document contains practice questions about responding to external events using interrupts and polling. It asks the reader to: 1) List and explain the advantages and disadvantages of using interrupts to respond to events. 2) Analyze a program that polls two peripheral circuits to determine the maximum and minimum latency for each circuit to be serviced. 3) Explain why the latency is the same for both circuits. 4) Describe when synchronization is needed during data transfer. 5) Explain how handshake signals can synchronize data transfer from a fast computer to a slow peripheral device.

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ECE3073 Computer Systems Practice Questions Responding To Events

This document contains practice questions about responding to external events using interrupts and polling. It asks the reader to: 1) List and explain the advantages and disadvantages of using interrupts to respond to events. 2) Analyze a program that polls two peripheral circuits to determine the maximum and minimum latency for each circuit to be serviced. 3) Explain why the latency is the same for both circuits. 4) Describe when synchronization is needed during data transfer. 5) Explain how handshake signals can synchronize data transfer from a fast computer to a slow peripheral device.

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ECE3073 Computer Systems

Practice Questions

Responding to events

i) Itemise and provide a brief explanation of the advantages of using interrupts to


respond to external events.

ii) Itemise and provide a brief explanation of the disadvantages of using interrupts
to respond to external events.

iii) The following program provides service for two peripheral circuits (a and b)
responding to external events.
loop:
mov r0,data_reg_a ;read contents of status_reg_a (1 T-state)
and r0,#0002h ;test bit 1 (1 T-state)
jmpa cc_NZ,service_a ;if bit set jump to service routine (2/1 T-state/s)
mov r0,data_reg_b ;read contents of status_reg_b (1 T-state)
and r0,#0008h ;test bit 3 (1 T-state)
jmpa cc_NZ,service_b ;if bit set jump to service routine (2/1 T-state/s)
jmpa cc_UC,loop ;jump to start of polling loop (2 T-states)
Note that the T-states given for each instruction are for the purposes of this question
only. In a jump instruction the first number of T-states applies if the jump is taken,
the second if execution continues straight on.
iiia) For peripheral circuit 'a' determine the maximum and minimum latency of this
polling program in T states assuming that the computer is executing the polling loop
when service is requested. Explain your reasoning behind the answers you give.

iiib)
For peripheral circuit 'b' determine the maximum and minimum latency of this polling
program in T states assuming that the computer is executing the polling loop when
service is requested. Explain your reasoning behind the answers you give.

iiic) Explain why the latency is the same for both peripheral circuit a and circuit b.

iv) Describe the circumstances in which synchronisation is necessary during data


transfer.

v) Explain how handshake signals can be used to synchronise data transfer from a
fast computer to a relatively slow peripheral device.

RAR 03/03/2013

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