5. How do the BUSY-TEST pin connections between an 8086 and 8087 synchronize
the operations of the 8086 and 8087?
6. How has arithmetic processing developed and changed over the years with respect
to Intel’s processors?
7. Why are general-purpose processors not equipped with complex arithmetic
instructions?
8. Why is the 8089 designated as ‘an intelligent DMA controller’?
9. Why is it necessary to have a dedicated bus arbiter IC in a loosely coupled multipro-
cessing system?
10. What is meant by the term ‘global resources’?
11. Which is the most efficient of the bus arbitration schemes that we have discussed? ...
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