Problem 2 Justify your answers Given the following program, answer the following questions: .data varl byte...

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Problem 2 Justify your answers Given the following program, answer the following questions: .data varl byte 9 .code C. 1. mov bl,0FCh ;bl holds unsigned number 2. add bl,4 3. mov eax,2 4. dec eax 5. add al, [varl] a. What is the instruction execution cycle for the instructions dec at line 4? b. Does dec instruction in line 4 have an empty clock cycle, why? Will executing the instruction in line number 2 effect any of the flags? What flag/s and Why? Problem 2 Justify your answers Given the following program, answer the following questions: .data varl byte 9 .code C. 1. mov bl,0FCh ;bl holds unsigned number 2. add bl,4 3. mov eax,2 4. dec eax 5. add al, [varl] a. What is the instruction execution cycle for the instructions dec at line 4? b. Does dec instruction in line 4 have an empty clock cycle, why? Will executing the instruction in line number 2 effect any of the flags? What flag/s and Why?

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a The instruction execution cycle for the dec instruction at line 4 involves several steps 1 Fetch T... View the full answer