Differentiate: hardware and software interrupt
Software Interrupt | Hardware Interrupt |
---|---|
It is synchronous event | It is an asynchronous event |
PC incremented | PC is not incremented |
It has highest priority among interrupt | it has lowest priority then software interrupt |
It cannot be ignored | It can be ignored |
Software interrupts can be classified into two types they are: 1. Normal Interrupts. 2. Exception | Hardware interrupts can be classified into two types they are: 1. Maskable Interrupt. 2. Non Maskable Interrupt |
Generated by executing instruction | Generated by external devices |
Get a higher priority | Do not get a higher priority |
Increase the program counter | Do not increment the program counter |
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