A computer responds to an interrupt request signal by pushing onto the stack contents of the PC

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A computer responds to an interrupt request signal by pushing onto the stack contents of the PC and the current PSR. The computer then reads new PSR contents from memory from the location given by the interrupt vector address (IVAD). The irst address of the service program is taken from memory at location IVAD + 1.

(a) List the sequence of microoperations implementing the interrupt.

(b) List the sequence of microoperations implementing the return from interrupt.

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Logic And Computer Design Fundamentals

ISBN: 9780133760637

5th Edition

Authors: M. Morris Mano, Charles Kime, Tom Martin

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