Practice - Key Factors Guiding Instruction Selection
Practice Questions
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What is the purpose of instruction selection in the compilation process?
💡 Hint: Think about the relationship between high-level code and machine code.
Name one type of addressing mode.
💡 Hint: Consider how operands are accessed in memory.
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What does ISA stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about what governs how a CPU functions.
True or False: Instruction costs are irrelevant to the performance of a program.
💡 Hint: Recall the relationship between instruction costs and executing a program quickly.
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Analyze the trade-offs of choosing between different addressing modes in a program where both performance and memory usage are critical factors.
💡 Hint: Think about scenarios where fast access versus memory efficiency is more critical.
Design a small code generation plan that utilizes specialized instructions wherever possible and explain your choices.
💡 Hint: Map out how your code uses these specialized functions to eliminate redundancy.
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