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A micro program control unit is required to generate a total of 25 control signals. Assume that during any microinstruction at most two control signals are active. Minimum number of bits required in the control word to generate the required control signal

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10

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12

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2

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25

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Solution

The correct option is A 10

5 bits 5 bits

5 bits to identify first and 5 bits to identify second including the case when one of them not present.

So total bits required = 10

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