Quiz submission record for quiz5-1-1 at Mon Jul 19 01:25:03 2004:

Your Answer for Question 1:
Regularity keeps all instructions the same size, always requires three register operands in arithmetic instructions, and keeps the register fields in the same place in each instruction format.  Simplicity allows for, well, simple hardware - it allows hardware designers to actually be able to design AND build hardware circuits.

Your Answer for Question 2:
The RegWrite control signal allows registers to write.

Your Answer for Question 3:
The purpose of the Add unit is to find the branch target address.  It would not be possible to use a single ALU because the current single ALU is necessary to compare to things and check if they are equal - it cannot do multiple tasks at once.


Your unique submission ID is quiz5-1-1-cs61c-ax-1090225503-2529.