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A RISC processor has 298 total registers with 10 designated as global registers.
Each register window has 32 registers with 12 containing local variables.
How many register windows are available for use? _______
How many registers would be available for us by input variables? _______
How many registers would be available for use by output variables? _______
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b) Indicate whether each of the following applies to CISC or RISC by placing either a C (for CISC) or an R (for RISC) in the blank.
_ ____ Highly pipelined.
_ ____ Any instruction can reference memory.
_ ____ Instructions are interpreted by the microprogram.
______ Fixed length, easily decoded instruction format.
_ ____ Highly specialized, infrequently used instructions.
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A RISC processor has 298 total registers with 10 designated as global registers.Each register window has 32 registers with 12 containing local variables.
How many register windows are available for use?
18
How many registers would be available for us by input variables?
6
How many registers would be available for use by output variables?
6
b) Indicate whether each of the following applies to CISC or RISC by placing either a C (for CISC) or an R (for RISC) in the blank.
_C____ Instructions are interpreted by the microprogram.
_R____ Fixed length, easily decoded instruction format.
_C____ Highly specialized, infrequently used instructions.
_R____ Highly pipelined.
_R____ Any instruction can reference memory.