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Priority Interrupt Systems and DMA — Detailed Operation — Computer Organization and Architecture Notes

Interrupt Handling Sequence

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Interrupt Types

Category	Type	Definition	Examples	Maskable?
Source	Hardware interrupt	Generated by hardware device	Keyboard, disk, timer, NIC	Usually
Source	Software interrupt	Generated by program (INT instruction, trap)	System call (INT 80h), exception	No
Mask	Maskable (IRQ)	Can be disabled by CPU (CLI instruction)	Disk I/O complete, timer tick	Yes
Mask	Non-Maskable (NMI)	Cannot be disabled; highest priority	Power failure, memory parity error	No
Origin	Internal	Caused by CPU itself	Divide-by-zero, overflow, page fault	No
Origin	External	From I/O devices outside CPU	All hardware IRQs	Yes

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Priority Interrupt Techniques

1. Daisy Chain (Serial Priority)

Interrupt acknowledge (INTA) signal propagates serially through all devices:

Device 1 (highest priority) is first in chain
If Device 1 requests interrupt, it captures INTA; blocks downstream devices
If Device 1 does NOT request, INTA propagates to Device 2, etc.
Disadvantage: Low-priority device can be starved; slow response for low-priority

2. Parallel Priority (Hardware Priority Encoder)

All devices connect to a priority encoder
Encoder outputs the number of highest-priority requesting device
CPU reads encoder output to identify interrupting device
Advantage: Fast; Disadvantage: Expensive hardware

3. Software Polling

On any interrupt, CPU polls all devices in priority order
First device found with active interrupt flag is serviced
Advantage: No extra hardware; Disadvantage: Long polling time

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Priority Arbitration Comparison

Feature	Daisy Chain	Parallel Priority	Software Polling
Response time	Proportional to device position	O(1) — hardware	O(n) — software poll
Hardware cost	Low (one wire chain)	Medium (priority encoder)	Minimal
Flexibility	Fixed priority order	Programmable priority	Fully programmable
Fairness	Unfair (first device wins)	Can implement round-robin	Can implement any scheme
Max devices	Limited by chain delay	Limited by encoder	Unlimited

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DMA Modes Comparison

Mode	Description	CPU Bus Usage	Throughput	Latency	Use Case
Burst / Block	DMA transfers entire block; CPU locked out	CPU blocked during entire transfer	Highest	High CPU latency	Disk block transfer, DMA for large files
Cycle Stealing	DMA steals one bus cycle at a time; CPU pauses briefly each cycle	CPU paused 1 cycle per DMA word	Medium	Low per steal	Streaming video/audio
Transparent / Interleaved	DMA transfers only when CPU not using bus (idle cycles)	Zero CPU impact	Lowest	Unpredictable	Real-time systems where CPU must not stall

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📝 Exam Tips: - NMI (Non-Maskable Interrupt): cannot be disabled; used for critical events like power failure - IRQ (Interrupt ReQuest): maskable; can be disabled by CPU flag - ISR must save all registers it modifies (or use a dedicated ISR calling convention) - DMA HOLD/HLDA handshake: CPU grants bus to DMA controller for the transfer - Cycle stealing: DMA steals one memory cycle — CPU slows down but doesn't stop completely