Both RISC and CISC processors have registers. Answer the following questions about registers.
What will be an ideal response?
a. Is it true that a larger number of registers in any architecture is always better than a smaller number?
b. What limits the number of registers that can be implemented by any ISA?
c. What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of dedicated registers like the IA32 architecture
compared to general purpose registers like ARM and MIPS?
d. If you have an m?bit register select field in an instruction, you can’t have more than 2m registers. There are, in
fact, ways round this restriction. Suggest ways of increasing the number of registers beyond 2m while keeping
an m?bit register select field.
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What will be an ideal response?
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