A computer stores both instructions and data in the same main memory and fetches them over the same bus. Which consequence most directly follows from this design?

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The CPU cannot execute conditional branches

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Data must be stored only in registers, not in memory because you can only store program code

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The program counter becomes unnecessary because instructions are read as data

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Instruction fetches and data accesses can compete for the same memory/bus bandwidth

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A computer stores both instructions and data in the same main memory and fetches...

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