Practice - Instruction Size and Word Size
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Practice Questions
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What does the opcode 000 signify?
💡 Hint: Think about what operations are being performed.
What is the word size assumed in this section?
💡 Hint: Recall the context where instruction size matches word size.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does the opcode 1000 represent?
💡 Hint: Think about the arithmetic operations available in programming.
True or False: The instruction size and word size are always different.
💡 Hint: Consider what the text says about memory management.
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Challenge Problems
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Given an example where values from two memory locations (FF0 and FF1) must be added together, outline the steps necessary for instruction execution.
💡 Hint: Consider the step-by-step coding involved in binary execution.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of wider instruction size versus smaller sizes within CPU architecture.
💡 Hint: Think of efficiency in memory versus instruction complexity!
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