Quiz submission record for quiz5-1-1 at Mon Jul 19 10:44:01 2004:

Your Answer for Question 1:
Simplicity inproves reliability and speed, while also alowing more efficient and intuitive layout and construction.  Regularity also helps with these things, but also aids in programming ease and compatibility.

Your Answer for Question 2:
the regWrite signal is used to indicate that a write operation should occure, and indicates which wire of the bus to operate with.

Your Answer for Question 3:
The add unit is hardwired to interpret the address for a branch jump by adding the branch immediate and current PC.  They can't be combined effectively because the adder has very specific hardwired inputs that it is working with, but the ALU is more flexible and can do different relations.  If they were combined it would also slow down the system because they would have to run in series rather than in parallel.


Your unique submission ID is quiz5-1-1-cs61c-bg-1090259041-10.