Question: 1.) Consider a hypothetical 32-bit microprocessor having 32-bit instructions composed of two fields: the first byte contains the opcode and the remainder the immediate operand
1.) Consider a hypothetical 32-bit microprocessor having 32-bit instructions composed of two fields: the first byte contains the opcode and the remainder the immediate operand or an operand address.
a. Show a visual diagram of such instruction component (diagram)
b. What is the maximum addressable memory capacity (in bytes) of such a microprocessor?
c. Discuss the impact on the system speed if the microprocessor bus has:
i. 32-bit local address bus and a 16-bit local data bus
ii. 16-bit local address bus and a 16-bit local data bus.
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