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Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) : Microprocessors - Quiz(MCQ)
For how many times per instruction, the content of the program counter is placed on the address bus?
A)
One time
B)
Two times
C)
Depends on the length of the instruction
D)
Depends on the memory capacity of the processor

Correct Answer : Option (C) :   Depends on the length of the instruction


Explanation : After decoding an opcode the microprocessor understands the length of the instruction. So, the content of the program counter is placed on the address bus as many times as the length of the instruction.

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