Database System Concepts
Database System Concepts
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ISBN: 9780078022159
Author: Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Determine if it is possible to design an expanding opcode to allow the following to be encoded in a 12-bit instruction. 4 instructions with three registers. 255 instructions with one register. 16 instructions with zero register. If this design is not possible, what will be the maximum size of instruction that would accommodate the design? Show your work and provide explanation.
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Transcribed Image Text:Determine if it is possible to design an expanding opcode to allow the following to be encoded in a 12-bit instruction. 4 instructions with three registers. 255 instructions with one register. 16 instructions with zero register. If this design is not possible, what will be the maximum size of instruction that would accommodate the design? Show your work and provide explanation.
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