CSCI 463    Assignment 03     Section:___    Name:_____________,____________

(100 pts)

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 1. The DEBUG used in Assignment 2 is: 
   a) interpreter    b) translator       c) virtual machine     d) __________
 
 2. The assembler used in Assignment 2 is: 
    a) interpreter    b) translator       c) virtual machine     d) __________

For Questions 3-6, choose one from the pool below that best describes each
of the following levels of "Contemporary Machines" (as defined by Tanenbaum
and the web page):

 A. Hardware

 B. Digital Logic
   
 C. MicroArchitecture

 D. Instruction Set Architecture (ISA)

 E. Operating System Machine

 F. Low level programming.

 G. High level programming.

 H. Application level programming.

 3. ___  Instructions directly interpreted by the hardware or a
 micro-interpreter.  Instructions may be complex and involve several
 registers and and iteration (repeated activity).

 4. ___  Contains groupings of transistors or other electronics that
 can be treated a simple unit that represents a single bit of data.

 5. ___  Instructions are usually interpreted and represent conceptual
 ideas on how an application should function and can be run on different 
 platforms.

 6. ___  Groupings of circuits that have been assigned dedicated tasks
 or can hold data recongnized at the programming level.

 7. ___  At this level, information is represented by strength that a 
 voltage appears and its duration.

 8. ___  Instructions have a direct relation to the tasks required of 
 the cpu.  One instruction per task and instructions in a form 
 recognized by the system.

 9. ___ Instructions are human readable but must be ordered in a way
 that every single activity required by the system is stated.


10. Instructions at the ISA and Operating System Machine levels are:
    a) always interpreted        b) usually translated             c) _________


11. Instructions at the Assembly and Problem-Oriented Language levels are:
    a) always interpreted        b) usually translated             c) _________


12. Consider the operation of a machine with the Data Path.  

If loading the ALU input registers takes 2 nsec, running the ALU takes 3 
nsec, and storing the result back in the register scratchpad takes 5 nsec.

What is the maximum number of MIPS that this machine is capable of in the 
absence of pipelining? ________ MIPS

Show your work:








13. Convert the number 17.432 to binary - carry decimal to 4 places.



Remember that a conditional jump has a range of 1 byte total and 
can jump in either direction.  An unconditional jump has a range of
2 bytes (65536) and can jump in either direction. Calculate the operands
for the two commands below. Show your work and remember Intel uses 
little endian.

14.  0230  ja  0210  77 ___ 




15.  0232  jmp 0247  e9 ___ ___
0235