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When printing an integer, what do you put in register $a0 before making the syscall?

Write the MIPS assembly instructions to implement the following loop. Include labels. count is in $t1 total is in $s0 result is in $s2   while(count != 9) {     count = count +1;}result = total + count;     

Use Boolean Algebra Identities to simplify the following equation. F (a, b) = ab + a’b

What is the speedup as calculated by Amdahl’s Law if you improve the Load instructions from 15 to 10 CPI? Instruction % in Program CPI Integer (int) 30 10 Branches  20 8 Load 35 15 Store 15 13 *Compute your speedup to 2 decimal places

What is the assembly condition to implement the following C-style while loop? while (result != 100) { … } the value of input is stored in $s3 the value 100 is stored in $s2 exit is the label for where the code after the end of the loop starts loop is the label where the code in the loop body starts If more than one of the conditions would work, pick the one that is more efficient.

Choose the correct value of F based upon the values of x, y, and z F(x, y, z) = x(y + z’) x y z F 0 0 0 [one] 0 0 1 [two] 0 1 0 [three] 0 1 1 [four] 1 0 0 [five] 1 0 1 [six] 1 1 0 [seven] 1 1 1 [eight]

How many different values can be represented by a binary number with 5 digits?

Convert 109 to an 8-bit binary number. Enter just the digits, do not include the subscript for base 2. 

A company wants to upgrade the server. What clock rate should be required for the new server given the following requirements?  The current server has a 2 GHz clock rate and can accomplish a particular task in 10 seconds.  They would like to cut that time in half with the new server.  The new server will require .9 times as many clock cycles.    

Given the signed 8-bit binary number 1010 0100, what is the equivalent number when extended to 16-bits?