Instructions:
You are encouraged to work on the problem set in groups and turn in one problem set for the entire group. Remember to put all your names on the solution sheet. Also remember to put the name of the TA in whose discussion section you would like the problem set turned back to you.

1. Briefly explain the difference between the microarchitecture level and the ISA level in the transformation hierarchy.
2. What information does the compiler need to know about the microarchitecture of the machine for which it's compiling code? Explain.
3. This Problem is optional.

   Both of the following programs cause the value x0004 to be stored in location x3000, but they do so at different times. Explain the difference.

   •  
     	.ORIG x3000
     	.FILL x0004
     	.END
     	  

   • 	.ORIG x4000
     	AND R0, R0, #0
     	ADD R0, R0, #4
     	LEA R1, A
     	LDW R1, R1, #0
     	STW R0, R1, #0
     	HALT
     A	.FILL x3000	
     	.END
     	  

4. Classify the LC-3b instructions into Operate, Data Movement, or Control instructions.
5. At location x3E00, we would like to put an instruction that does nothing. Many ISAs actually have an opcode devoted to doing nothing. It is usually called NOP, for NO OPERATION. The instruction is fetched, decoded, and executed. The execution phase is to do nothing! Which of the following three instructions could be used for NOP and have the program still work correctly?
   1. 0001 001 001 1 00000
      
   2. 0000 111 000000001
      
   3. 0000 000 000000000
      

   What does the ADD instruction do that the others do not do?

6. This Problem is optional.

   Consider the following LC-3b assembly language program:

   	.ORIG x3000
   	AND R5, R5, #0
   	AND R3, R3, #0
   	ADD R3, R3, #8
   	LEA R0, B
   	LDW R1, R0, #1
   	LDW R1, R1, #0
   	ADD R2, R1, #0
   AGAIN	ADD R2, R2, R2
   	ADD R3, R3, #-1
   	BRp AGAIN
   	LDW R4, R0, #0
   	AND R1, R1, R4
   	NOT R1, R1
   	ADD R1, R1, #1
   	ADD R2, R2, R1
   	BRnp NO
   	ADD R5, R5, #1
   NO	HALT
   B	.FILL XFF00
   A	.FILL X4000
   	.END
         

   1. The assembler creates a symbol table after the first pass. Show the contents of this symbol table.
   2. Assemble this program. Show the LC-3b machine code for each instruction in the program as a hexadecimal number.
   3. What does this program do?
   4. When the programmer wrote this program, he/she did not take full advantage of the instructions provided by the LC-3b ISA. Therefore the program executes too many unnecessary instructions. Show what the programmer should have done to reduce the number of instructions executed by this program.
7. Consider the following LC-3b assembly language program.

   	.ORIG	x4000
   MAIN	LEA	R2,L0
   	JSRR	R2
   	JSR	L1
   	HALT
   	;
   L0	ADD	R0,R0,#5
   	RET
   	;
   L1	ADD	R1,R1,#5
   	RET
         

   This program shows two ways to call a subroutine. One requires two instructions: LEA, JSRR. The second requires only one instruction: JSR. Both ways work correctly in this example. Is it ever necessary to use JSRR? If so, in what situation?
8. Name the different addressing modes supported by the LC-3b. Briefly describe each and give an example.
9. Consider the following possibilities for saving the return address of a subroutine:
   • In a processor register.
   • In a memory location associated with the subroutine. A different memory location is used for each different subroutine.
   • On a stack.
   Which of these possibilities supports subroutine nesting, and which supports subroutine recursion (that is, a subroutine that calls itself)?
10. A small section of byte-addressable memory is given below:

    Address	Data
    x1005	x0A
    x1004	x0B
    x1003	x0C
    x1002	x11
    x1001	x1A
    x1000	x0E
    x0FFF	x25
    x0FFE	xA2

    
    Add the 16-bit two's complement numbers specified by addresses 0x1000 and 0x1002 if:
    • The ISA specifies a little-endian format
    • The ISA specifies a big-endian format
11. Say we have half a billion bits of storage, calculate the number of bits required to address a location if
    1. The ISA is bit-addressable
    2. The ISA is byte-addressable
    3. The ISA is 128-bit addressable
12. This Problem is optional.

    Write an LC-3b program that swaps the values in R1 and R2 without using any other registers. Make sure that your program works for any possible values in R1 and R2.

13. • A zero-address machine is a stack-based machine where all operations are done by using values stored on the operand stack. For this problem, you may assume that its ISA allows the following operations:
      • PUSH M - pushes the value stored at memory location M onto the operand stack.
      • POP M - pops the operand stack and stores the value into memory location M.
      • OP - Pops two values off the operand stack and performs the binary operation OP on the two values. The result is pushed back onto the operand stack.
    
    
    • A one-address machine uses an accumulator in order to perform computations. For this problem, you may assume that its ISA allows the following operations:
      • LOAD M - Loads the value stored at memory location M onto the accumulator.
      • STORE M - Stores the accumulator value into Memory Location M.
      • OP M - Performs the binary operation OP on the value stored at memory location M and the value present in the accumulator. The result is stored back in the accumulator.
    
    
    • A two-address machine takes two sources, performs an operation on these sources and stores the result back into one of the sources. For this problem, you may assume that its ISA allows the following operation:
      • OP M1, M2 - Performs a binary operation OP on the values stored at memory locations M1 and M2 and stores the result back into memory location M1.

    Note: OP can be ADD or MUL for the purposes of this problem.

    1. Write the assembly language code for calculating the expression:
       x = (A * ( ( B * C ) + D ) )
       • In a zero-address machine
       • In a one-address machine
       • In a two-address machine
       • In a three-address machine like the LC-3b, but which can do memory to memory operations and also has a MUL instruction.
    2. Give an advantage and a disadvantage of each of these machines.


14. The LC-3b company wants to increase the number of instructions in the ISA. They have hired you to add 64 new instructions to the ISA. Give us a way to increase the number of opcodes without having to change the current program binaries.
15. Please print, fill out the student information sheet from the handouts section of the course web site, attach a recognizable recent photo of yourself, and turn it in on September 8.