Practice Generic Elements Of An Instruction And Its Format (24.2.3) - Lecture - 10

Practice: Generic Elements of an Instruction and Its Format

Lesson 24.2.3Lecture - 10

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Question 1.
Define the term 'opcode'.
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Think of it as the command part of an instruction.
Question 2.
What is the purpose of an operand in a CPU instruction?
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They are the data that the CPU works on.
3Question 3.
What is the role of an opcode in an instruction?
- Specifies the data location
- Identifies the operation to be performed
- Stores the result of execution
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Focus on what the instruction needs to tell the CPU.
4Question 4.
True or False: The result operand in an instruction is where the operation's input is located.
- True
- False
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Remind yourself of the roles of source and result operands.
Question 5.
Design an instruction format that contains an opcode for addition, two source operands, and a result operand. What would the minimum bit requirements be if you want to support 16 different addition variants?
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Calculate bits needed for opcodes versus operand storage.
Question 6.
If a CPU has both 2-address and 3-address instruction formats, compare the potential speed and efficiency of execution of both. Which one would you prefer for performance-intensive applications and why?
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Consider trade-offs between instruction length and complexity.

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