Assignment 1

QUESTION 1

a) Compare the CPU architectures:

i. CISC and RISC [5]

ii. von-Neumann and Harvard Von Neumann Architecture. [5]

c) Write a program to sort an array of 10 numbers in ascending order. [10]

QUESTION 2

a) Draw the detailed architecture of 8051 microcontroller. [5]

b) Explain subroutine CALL and RET instructions in 8085. [5]

c) Explain different types of registers in 8086 microprocessor architecture. [10]

QUESTION 3
a) Explain features of 8279-Programmable Keyboard controller. [8]
b) Write an ALP in 8051 to divide two numbers and store the result in memory locations
4500 and 4501.
[8]
c) Explain priority interrupts of 8085. [4]