Day 1

• Describe the fundamental difference between a single-cycle and a multi-cycle processor.
• State the purpose of the instruction register.
• State the purpose of the data register.
• Draw the multi-cycle ARM processor designed in lecture.

Day 2

• Draw the multi-cycle ARM processor designed in lecture.
• Draw the multi-cycle ARM processor controller finite state machine.
• State the abstract behaviors that occur in each state of the multi-cycle ARM processor controller.

Day 3

• Draw the multi-cycle ARM processor designed in lecture.
• Define average CPI.
• Use the execution time equation to compare program performance on single-cycle and multi-cycle ARM processors. program performance