MIPS: instructions | |||||||||||
ALU performs arithmetic and logical operations (instructions) | |||||||||||
Instruction specifies | |||||||||||
1. The operation to perform. | |||||||||||
2. The first operand (usually in a register). | |||||||||||
3. The second operand (usually in a register). | |||||||||||
4. The register that receives the result. | |||||||||||
MIPS has about 111 different instructions | |||||||||||
all 32 bits, 3 different formats | |||||||||||