Assume that we would like to expand the LEGv8 register file to 128 registers and expand the instruction set to contain four times as many instructions.

1. [5] <§2.5> How would this affect the size of each of the bit fields in the R-type instructions?

2. [5] <§2.5> How would this affect the size of each of the bit fields in the I-type instructions?

3. [5] <§§2.5, 2.8, 2.10> How could each of the two proposed changes decrease the size of a LEGv8 assembly program? On the other hand, how could the proposed change increase the size of an LEGv8 assembly program?

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