Different between Hard wired control unit and Microprogrammed control unit.
Hardwired
control unit
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Microprogrammed
control unit
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1)
Speed is fast.
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1)
Speed is slow.
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2)
More costlier.
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2)
Cheaper.
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3)
Occurrence of error is more
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3)
Occurrence of error is less
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4)
Control functions implemented in hardware
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4)
Control functions implemented in software
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5)
Not flexible to accommodate new system specification or new instruction
redesign is required.
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5)
More flexible to accommodate new system specification or new instructions.
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6)
Difficult to handle complex instruction sets.
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6)
Easier to handle complex instruction sets
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7)
Complicated design process.
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7)
Orderly, systematic and simple design process.
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8)
Complex decoding and sequencing logic.
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8)
Easier decoding and sequencing logic
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9)
More chip area.
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9)
Less chip area.
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10)
Application:
Mostly RISC microprocessor. |
10)
Application:
Mainframes some microprocessors |
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