Is Sequential Better for Counting 0s in Combinational Logic?

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The discussion confirms that counting zeros in combinational logic is a sequential process due to the necessity of maintaining a count that distinguishes between odd and even occurrences. Participants emphasize the requirement for memory in this counting mechanism, highlighting that sequential logic is essential for accurate tracking of zero counts.

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A computer game generates ‘1s’ and ‘0s’. These are associated with awards. The first ‘1’ (i.e. the first 1 of an uninterrupted sequence of 1's obtained by continuously running the program several times such that each execution generates a 1 output in that set of executions) results in 4 awards but the remaining 1’s do not result in any award. On the other hand, each odd numbered 0 results in 2 points and each even numbered 0 does not get any award. For the output 011100001011.. of executions results in awards 2400202024240……
Is the above activity mentioned in the game, combinational or it must be sequential?
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Its sequential because we have to keep the count of 0s whether they are odd or not.

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zak100 said:
Its sequential because we have to keep the count of 0s whether they are odd or not.
Yes. It has to have memory to do that.
 

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