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Get paper handout, fill in values for registers and memory as we discuss the instructions in this lecture. The program starts with PC set to address zero. address instruction assembly language 00000000 8C010074 lw $1,w2($0) 00000004 8C020078 lw $2,w3($0) 00000008 00000000 nop 0000000C 00000000 nop 00000010 00221820 add $3,$1,$2 00000014 00222022 sub $4,$1,$2 00000018 00012BC2 sll $5,$1,15 0000001C 00023403 srl $6,$2,16 00000020 00033805 cmpl $7,$3 00000024 00225804 and $11,$1,$2 00000028 AC01007C sw $1,w4($0) 0000002C 1C080070 addi $8,w1 00000030 00000000 nop 00000034 00000000 nop 00000038 8D090004 lw $9,4($8) 0000003C 1D0A0008 addi $10,8($8) 00000040 00000000 nop 00000044 00000000 nop 00000048 AD430000 sw $3,0($10) 0000004C 00000000 nop ... 00000070 11111111 w1: word 0x11111111 00000074 22222222 w2: word 0x22222222 00000078 33333333 w3: word 0x33333333 0000007C 44444444 w4: word 0x44444444 After the CPU has executed the first instruction: General Registers RAM memory initial final 0 00000000 -------- 1 22222222 00000070 11111111 -------- -------- ____________ 2 00000074 22222222 ______________ -------- ____________ 3 00000078 33333333 ______________ -------- ____________ 4 0000007C 44444444 ______________ -------- ____________ 5 00000080 xxxxxxxx ______________ -------- ____________ 6 ______________ 7 ______________ 8 ______________ 9 ______________ 10 ______________ 11 ______________ Basic MUX Truth Table and SchematicHow MUX are used to route data
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