| To describe the basic operation of the microprogrammed control unit design
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| To illustrate a structured design approach for a generalized microprogrammed control unit design
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| To discuss the various microinstruction formats including: Horizontal microcode, Vertical microcode, and Field-encode format.
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| To describe the requirement of multiway branching and illustrate its solution using Bit Oring.
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| To compare hardwired and microprogrammed control unit design approaches
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