Symbolic Assembler and Machine Instructions

• Consider the following instruction:

  • 000000 00001 00010 01000 00000 100000
  • add $8,$1,$2

• The binary version of the instruction has the following format:-

  • op rs rt rd shamt funct
  • 6bits 5bits 5bits 5bits 5bits 6bits

• Word length is 32 bits

• This is an an R-type instruction.

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