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20. CPU Instruction Set


  • A typical Von Neumann architecture encodes CPU instructions as numeric values in memory.

  • Programming and engineering of the instruction set is a major task in the CPU design.

  • Each instruction needs a unique numeric opcode.

  • Instruction formats:

      Instruction formats

     

  • Instruction decoder:

      Instruction decoder

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